the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Job 31:12
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For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon;it would destroy my entire harvest.
For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.
It is like a fire that burns and destroys; all I have done would be plowed up.
For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.
"For it is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (destruction, ruin, final torment); And [illicit passion] would burn and rage and uproot all my [life's] increase [destroying everything].
"For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase.
For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.
Yea, this is a fire that shal deuoure to destructio, & which shal roote out al mine increase,
For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon,And would uproot all my produce.
For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
sending me to destruction and my crops to the flames.
a fire that would burn to the depths of Abaddon, uprooting all I produce.
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Such sin is like a fire that burns until it destroys everything. It would completely ruin my life's work.
For passion is a fire that consumes to destruction, and it would root out all my increase.
It would be like a destructive, hellish fire, consuming everything I have.
Indeed, that is a fire that will consume up to Abaddon, and it would uproot all my crop.
For it is a fire that devours to the Place of Ruin, and it would root up all my gain.
yee a fyre that vtterly shulde consume, & rote out all my substaunce.
For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.
For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Yea a fire that vtterly should consume and roote out all my increase.
For it is a fire burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.
For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Fier is deourynge `til to wastyng, and drawynge vp bi the roote alle generaciouns.
For it is a fire that consumes to Destruction, And would root out all my increase.
For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.
It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own.
For that would be a fire that burns at the Place That Destroys. It would dig out all I have planted.
for that would be a fire consuming down to Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my harvest.
Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.
It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
for that would be a fire which consumes unto Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.
For a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,
"For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase.
Contextual Overview
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Proverbs 3:33, Proverbs 6:27, Jeremiah 5:7-9, Malachi 3:5, Hebrews 13:4
Reciprocal: Isaiah 9:18 - wickedness
Cross-References
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuffe, what hast thou found of all thy houshold stuffe? set it here before my brethren, and thy brethren, that they may iudge betwixt vs both.
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the feare of Isaac had bin with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now emptie: God hath seene mine affliction, and the labour of my hands, & rebuked thee yesternight.
And Laban answered and said vnto Iacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattell are my cattell, and all that thou seest, is mine: and what can I doe this day vnto these my daughters, or vnto their children which they haue borne?
And the Lord said, I haue surely seene the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and haue heard their crie, by reason of their taske-masters: for I know their sorrowes,
Now therefore behold, the crie of the children of Israel is come vnto me: and I haue also seene the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppresse them.
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired, shal not abide with thee all night, vntill the morning.
At his day thou shalt giue him his hire, neither shall the Sun goe downe vpon it, for he is poore, and setteth his heart vpon it, lest hee crie against thee vnto the Lord, and it bee sinne vnto thee.
For the oppression of the poore, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise (saith the Lord,) I will set him in safetie from him that puffeth at him.
Thou compassest my path, and my lying downe, and art acquainted with all my wayes.
If thou seest the oppression of the poore, and violent peruerting of iudgement, and iustice in a prouince, maruell not at the matter: for he that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction,.... Referring either to the nature of the sin of uncleanness; it is inflammatory, a burning lust, a fire burning in the breast; see 1 Corinthians 7:9; or to the effect of it, either the rage of jealousy in the injured person, which is exceeding fierce, furious, and cruel, like devouring fire, not to be appeased or mitigated, Proverbs 6:34; or else it may respect the punishment of this sin in the times of Job, and which we find was practised among the Gentiles, as the Canaanites, Job's neighbours, burning such delinquents with fire; see Genesis 38:24; or rather the wrath of God for it, which is poured forth as fire, and burns to the lowest hell, and into which lake of fire all such impure persons will be cast, unless the grace of God prevents; and which will be a fire that will consume and destroy both soul and body, and so be an utter and everlasting destruction,
Revelation 21:8;
and would root out all my increase; even in this world; adultery is a sin that not only ruins a man's character, fixes an indelible blot upon him, a reproach that shall not be wiped off, and consumes a man's body, and destroys the health of it, but his substance also, the increase of his fields, and of his fruits, and by means of it a man is brought to a piece of bread, to beg it, and to be glad of it, Proverbs 6:26.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction - This may mean that such an offence would be a crime that would provoke God to send destruction, like a consuming fire upon the offender (Rosenmuller and Noyes), or more likely it is designed to be descriptive of the nature of the sin itself. According to this, the meaning is, that indulgence in this sin tends wholly to ruin and destroy a man. It is like a consuming fire, which sweeps away everything before it. It is destructive to the body, the morals, the soul. Accordingly, it may be remarked that there is no one vice which pours such desolation through the soul as licentiousness. See Rush on the Diseases of the Mind. It corrupts and taints all the fountains of morals, and utterly annihilates all purity of the heart. An intelligent gentleman, and a careful observer of the state of things in society, once remarked to me, that on coming to the city of Philadelphia, it was his fortune to be in the same boarding-house with a number of young men, nearly all of whom were known to him to be of licentious habits. He has lived to watch their course of life; and he remarked, that there was not one of them who did not ultimately show that he was essentially corrupt and unprincipled in every department of morals. There is not any one propensity of man that spreads such a withering influence over the soul as this; and, however it may be accounted for, it is certain that indulgence in this vice is a certain evidence that the whole soul is corrupt, and that no reliance is to be placed on the man’s virtue in any respect, or in reference to any relation of life.
And would root out all mine increase - By its desolating effects on my heart and life. The meaning is, that it would utterly ruin him; compare Luke 15:13, Luke 15:30. How many a wretched sensualist can bear testimony to the truth of this statement! How many a young man has been wholly ruined in reference to his worldly interests, as well as in reference to his soul, by this vice compare Proverbs 7:0: No young man could do a better service to himself than to commit the whole of that chapter to memory, and so engrave it on his soul that it never could be forgotten.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 31:12. For it is a fire — Nothing is so destructive of domestic peace. Where jealousy exists, unmixed misery dwells; and the adulterer and fornicator waste their substance on the unlawful objects of their impure affections.
