🌪️WEB · Job 31:11

What does Job 31:11 mean?

"For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:"

— Job 31:11 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

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“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,

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then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

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For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

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

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“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

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What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

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