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Job 31:28
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this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment,for I would have denied God above.
This also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God who is above.
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.
If I had, these also would have been sins to be punished, because I would have been unfaithful to God.
then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.
This also would have been [a heinous] sin calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.
That too would have been a guilty deed calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.
This also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God who is above.
(This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)
That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment,For I would have denied God above.
this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
Such horrible sins would have deserved punishment from God.
then this too would be a criminal offense, for I would have been lying to God on high.
This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the God who is above.
Then God has seen my crafty ways, and I have lied before him.
Such a sin should be punished by death; it denies Almighty God.
this also is an iniquity to be judged, for I have deceived God above.
this also would be an iniquity for the judges; for I would have denied God above.
(that were a wickednesse worthy to be punyshed, for then shulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue.)
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above.
This also were an iniquitie to be punished by the Iudge: For I should haue denied the God that is aboue.
(That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue.)
let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I should have lied against the Lord Most High.
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: for I should have lied to God that is above.
which is the moost wickidnesse, and deniyng ayens hiyeste God;
This also was an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.
This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above.
If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.
these also would be sins to be judged. It would say I did not know the God above.
this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I should have been false to God above.
That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above.
Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.
this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I should have been false to God above.
It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
an: Job 31:11, Job 9:15, Job 23:7, Genesis 18:25, Deuteronomy 17:2-7, Deuteronomy 17:9, Judges 11:27, Psalms 50:6, Hebrews 12:23
for: Joshua 24:23, Joshua 24:27, Proverbs 30:9, Titus 1:16, 2 Peter 2:1, 1 John 2:23, Jude 1:4
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:32 - lifted
Cross-References
When Laban heard the news about his sister's son Jacob, he ran to meet him. Laban hugged him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban everything that had happened.
The Lord said to Jacob, "Go back to your own land where your ancestors lived. I will be with you."
I am the God who came to you at Bethel, and there you made an altar, poured olive oil on it, and made a promise to me. Now I want you to be ready to go back to the country where you were born.'"
That night God came to Laban in a dream and said, "Be careful! Be careful of every word you say to Jacob."
Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye. He blessed them and went back home.
The Lord had spoken to Aaron and told him, "Go out into the desert and meet Moses." So Aaron went and met Moses at the Mountain of God. He saw Moses and kissed him.
I pray that the Lord will help each of you find a husband and a good home." Naomi kissed her daughters-in-law, and they all started crying.
So again they cried very much. Then Orpah kissed Naomi goodbye, but Ruth hugged her and stayed.
Samuel said, "You did a foolish thing. You did not obey the Lord your God. If you had done what he commanded, the Lord would have let your family rule Israel forever.
Elisha immediately left his oxen and ran after Elijah. Elisha said, "Let me kiss my mother and father goodbye. Then I will follow you." Elijah answered, "You can do that. I will not stop you."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge,.... As well as adultery, Job 31:11; by the civil magistrates and judges of the earth, who are God's vicegerents, and therefore it behooves them to take cognizance of such an iniquity, and to punish for it, which affects in so peculiar a manner the honour and worship of the true God; this by the law of Moses was punished by stoning to death,
Deuteronomy 13:9; however this will be taken notice of and punished by God the Judge of all, whose law is broken hereby, and who will visit this iniquity more especially on those who commit it, and their posterity after them. Idolaters of every sort shall have their part and portion in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, Exodus 20:3; the consideration of its being such a heinous sin, and so deserving of punishment, deterred Job from it; the Targum paraphrases it, a most amazing iniquity, it being, as follows, a denial of the true God:
for I should have denied the God [that is] above; that is, had he worshipped the sun and moon secretly or openly; for, as the atheist denies him in words, the idolater denies him in facts, worshipping the creature besides the Creator, and giving his glory to another, and his praise to idols; which is a virtual denial of him, even of him who is above the sun and moon in place, being higher than the heavens; and in nature, excellency, and glory, being the Creator of them, and they his creatures; and in power and authority, who commands the sun, and it rises not, and has appointed the moon for seasons, Job 9:7.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judqe - Note Job 31:11. Among the Hebrews idolatry was an offence punishable by death by stoning; Deuteronomy 17:2-7. It is possible, also, that this might have been elsewhere in the patriarchal times a crime punishable in this manner. At all events, Job regarded it as a heinous offence, and one of which the magistrate ought to take cognizance.
For I should have denied the God that is above - The worship of the heavenly bodies would have been in fact the denial of the existence of any Superior Being. This, in fact, always occurs, for idolaters have no knowledge of the true God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 31:28. For I should have denied the God that is above. — Had I paid Divine adoration to them, I should have thereby denied the God that made them.
