Job 31:3
What does Job 31:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 31:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 21:15
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
- Isaiah 28:21
For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
- Proverbs 1:27
When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
- Matthew 7:13
Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9
who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
- Romans 9:22
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
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