Job 31:11

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.”

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BSBPD

“For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For it <FI>is<Fi> a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 31:11 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
  2. Genesis 26:10“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
  3. Genesis 38:24About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
  4. Genesis 39:9No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
  5. Exodus 20:14You shall not commit adultery.
  6. Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
  7. Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
  8. Job 31:28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
  9. Proverbs 6:29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
  10. Ezekiel 16:38And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.

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