Ayub 31:11

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama

Karena ia itu perbuatan yang sangat jahat, suatu salah yang patut dihukum oleh hakim.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Karena hal itu adalah perbuatan mesum, bahkan kejahatan, yang patut dihukum oleh hakim.

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
Karena hal itu adalah perbuatan mesum, bahkan kejahatan, yang patut dihukum oleh hakim.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an heinous: Genesis 20:9, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 39:9, Exodus 20:14, Proverbs 6:29-33

an iniquity: Job 31:28, Genesis 38:24, Leviticus 20:10, Deuteronomy 22:22-24, Ezekiel 16:38

Reciprocal: Isaiah 9:18 - wickedness

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For this [is] an heinous crime,.... Adultery; it is contrary to the light of nature, and is condemned by it as a great sin,

Genesis 20:9; as well as contrary to the express will and law of God, Exodus 20:14; and, though all sin is a transgression of the law of God, and deserving of death; yet there are some sins greater and more heinous than others, being attended with aggravating circumstances; and such is this sin, it is a breach of the marriage contract and covenant between man and wife; it is doing injury to a man's property, and to that which is the nearest and dearest to him, and is what introduces confusion into families, kingdoms, and states; and therefore it follows:

yea, it [is] an iniquity [to he punished by] the judges; who might take cognizance of it, examine into it, and pass sentence for it, and execute it; and, if they neglect do their duty, God, the Judge of all the earth, will punish for it in the world to come, unless repented of: "for whoremongers and adulterers God will judge", Hebrews 13:4; the punishment of adultery was death by the law of God, and that by stoning, as appears from Leviticus 20:10; and it is remarkable, that the Heathens, who were ignorant of this law, enjoined the same punishment for it; so Homer e introduces Hector reproving Paris for this sin, and suggests to him, that if he had his deserved punishment, he would have been clothed with a "stone coat", as he beautifully expresses it; which Suidas f explains, by being overwhelmed with stones, or stoned; as Eustathius g.

e Iliad. 3. v. 57. f In voce λαινον. g In Homer. ibid.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For this is an heinous crime - This expresses Job’s sense of the enormity of such an offence. He felt that there was no palliation for it; he would in no way, and on no pretence, attempt to vindicate it.

An iniquity to be punished by the judges - A crime for the judges to determine on and decide. The sins which Job had specified before this, were those of the heart; but here he refers to a crime against society - an offence which deserved the interposition of the magistrate. It may be observed here, that adultery has always been regarded as a sin “to be punished by the judges.” In most countries it has been punished with death; see the notes at John 8:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 31:11. For this is a heinous crime — Mr. Good translates,

"For this would be a premeditated crime,

And a profligacy of the understanding."

See also Job 31:28.

That is, It would not only be a sin against the individuals more particularly concerned, but a sin of the first magnitude against society; and one of which the civil magistrate should take particular cognizance, and punish as justice requires.