Job 31:3

Translations

Modern

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

Traditional

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Literal

Is not disaster for the perverse one and calamity for the workers of iniquity?

Latin

Numquid non perditio est iniquo, et alienatio operantibus injustitiam?

Original

Hebrew

English

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

Notes

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

Job 21:30
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Job 34:22
There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Matthew 7:13
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Isaiah 28:21
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
Jude 1:7
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Proverbs 21:15
Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 10:29
The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
2 Peter 2:1
Now 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.
Romans 9:22
What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
Psalm 73:18
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

Glossary

Adultery Book of Job

Topics

Fear of God: A Motive of Obedience Integrity: General Scriptures Concerning Judgments: Different Kinds of Destruction Wicked (People): Punishment of

Job 31:3

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