Job 31:11

In 11 translations

BSB

For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

KJV

For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

WEB

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

ASV

For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

LSV

For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;

YLT

For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;

DBY

For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the judges:

DRC

For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.

GNV

For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to bee condemned:

JPS

For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

LXXE

For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, in the case of defiling another man's wife.

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WLC

כִּי־הוא זִמָּ֑ה והיא עָוֺ֥ן פְּלִילִֽים׃Read aloud as (qere): הִ֥יאRead aloud as (qere): וְ֝ה֗וּא

LXX-Br

Θυμὸς γὰρ ὀργῆς ἀκατάσχετος, τὸ μιᾶναι ἀνδρὸς γυναῖκα.

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• Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
• Deuteronomy 22:22–24If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel. If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man…
• Job 31:28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
• Genesis 38:24About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
• Exodus 20:14You shall not commit adultery.
• Ezekiel 16:38And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
• Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
• Proverbs 6:29–33So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger. Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the…
• Genesis 39:9No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
• Genesis 26:10“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

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