Job 31:12

In 11 translations

BSB

For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.Abaddon means Destruction.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

LSV

For it [is] a fire, it consumes to destruction, || And takes root among all my increase,

YLT

For a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,

DBY

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

DRC

It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.

GNV

Yea, this is a fire that shall deuoure to destruction, and which shall roote out al mine increase,

JPS

For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

LXXE

For it is a fire burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.

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WLC

כִּ֤י אֵ֣שׁ הִ֭יא עַד־אֲבַדּ֣וֹן תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּֽבְכָל־תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣י תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃

LXX-Br

Πῦρ γάρ ἐστι καιόμενον ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν μερῶν, οὗδʼ ἂν ἐπέλθῃ ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀπώλεσεν.

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• Proverbs 6:27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
• Jeremiah 5:7–9“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. They are well-fed, lusty…
• Job 15:30He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
• Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of…
• Job 20:28The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
• Job 26:6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
• Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
• Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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