Job 31:12

Translations

Modern

For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

Traditional

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

Literal

For it is a fire that devours unto Abaddon, and it would uproot among all my produce.

Latin

Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina.

Original

Hebrew

English

For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

Notes

Job 31:12

The Old Testament rarely links fire with hell (Abaddon) or the grave (see Deuteronomy 32:22).

Job 31:1–40

Job called down wrong against himself (curses) if he was guilty of the accusations against him. Apart from mentioning idolatry (worship of false gods), Job spoke about how loyal he was to God by focusing on the second half of the Ten Commandments (31:26–27). The summary of these is: “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9).

Job 29:1–31:40

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

Theme notes and profiles

Job’s Innocence

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Proverbs 6:27
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
Jeremiah 5:7–9
“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Job 20:28
The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
Job 26:6
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Job 15:30
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

People

Abaddon: The angel of the bottomless pit, meaning "destruction"

Glossary

Abaddon Book of Job Curse, Cursed

Topics

Integrity: General Scriptures Concerning Lust: Evil Desire Temptation: Resistance To

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