Job 31:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.”
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“this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.”
King James Version · Public Domain“This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“It also <FI>is<Fi> a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 31:28 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- Deuteronomy 17:2If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant
- Deuteronomy 17:5you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
- Deuteronomy 17:9You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
- Joshua 24:23“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
- Joshua 24:27And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
- Judges 11:27I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
- Job 9:15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
- Job 23:7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
- Job 31:11For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
- Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
- Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- Hebrews 12:23in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
- 2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- 1 John 2:23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
- Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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