Job 31:28

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
iniquity	עָוֹ֣ן 'a.Von	H5771	perversity · noun, common masculine singular absolute
judge	פְּלִילִ֑י pe.li.Li	H6416	judicial · adjective, masculine singular absolute
denied	כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי khi.Chash.ti	H3584	to be untrue · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular
God	לָאֵ֣ל la.'El	H410	strength · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
above	מִמָּֽעַל mi.Ma.'al	H4605	properly · preposition + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 17:2-7 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the s…
Job 31:11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
Psalms 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Genesis 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that b…
Deuteronomy 17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the…
Joshua 24:23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
Joshua 24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spa…
Judges 11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the childr…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 31:24-32

Four articles more of Job's protestation we have in these verses, which, as all the rest, not only assure us what he was and did, but teach us what we should be and do: - I. He protests that he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world, nor took the things of it for his portions and happiness. He had gold; he had fine gold. His wealth was great, and he had gotten much. Our wealth is either advantageous or pernicious to us according as we stand affected to it. If we make it our rest and our ruler, it will be our ruin; if we make it our servant, and an instrument of righteousness, it will be a blessing to us. Job here tells us how he stood affected to his worldly wealth. 1. He put no…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 31:28

The Mosaic law embodied subsequently the feeling of the godly from the earliest times against idolatry, as deserving judicial penalties: being treason against the Supreme King (Deu 13:9; Deu 17:2-7; Eze 8:14-18). This passage therefore does not prove Job to have been subsequent to Moses.

John Gill on Job 31:28

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge,.... As well as adultery, Job 31:11; by the civil magistrates and judges of the earth, who are God's vicegerents, and therefore it behooves them to take cognizance of such an iniquity, and to punish for it, which affects in so peculiar a manner the honour and worship of the true God; this by the law of Moses was punished by stoning to death, Deuteronomy 13:9; however this will be taken notice of and punished by God the Judge of all, whose law is broken hereby, and who will visit this iniquity more especially on those who commit it, and their posterity after them. Idolaters of every sort shall have their part and portion in the lake which…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Job 31:24-28

24 If I made gold my confidence, And said to the fine gold: O my trust; 25 If I rejoiced that my wealth was great, And that my hand had gained much; - 26 If I saw the sunlight when it shone, And the moon walking in splendour, 27 And my heart was secretly enticed, And I threw them a kiss by my hand: 28 This also would be a punishable crime, For I should have played the hypocrite to God above. Not only from covetous extortion of another's goods was he conscious of being clear, but also from an excessive delight in earthly possessions. He has not made gold his כּסל, confidence (vid., on כּסלתך, Job 4:6); he has not said to כּתם, fine gold (pure, Job 28:19, of Ophir, Job 28:16), מבטחי (with Dag…

The Church Fathers

Which is the chiefest iniquity, and denial against the Most High God. For it is clear that he does deny Him, when setting at nought His grace, he claims to himself the powers of good practice. Which too is rightly called as well 'the chiefest iniquity' because every act of sin which is from infirmity destroyeth not hope, seeing that it asks forgiveness from the Judge Above. But presuming on our own goodness is so much the worse in desperateness, the further it is removed from humility. And when it ascribes the strength of practice to itself, it does not have recourse to the aid of the Maker, and it is brought to pass that the sinner perishes so much the worse, for that even this very thing, that he is a sinner, he is ignorant of.
— Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXII

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Dictionary and topics

Idolatry — Image-worship or divine honour paid to any created object. Paul describes the origin of idolatry in Rom. 1:21-25: men forsook God, and sank into ignorance and moral corruption (1:28). The forms of…
Covetousness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Hope · OF THE WICKED — OF THE WICKED
Integrity · 16:19,20; — 16:19,20;
Moon, The · Worshipping of: Condemned as atheism — Worshipping of: Condemned as atheism
Rich, The · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Riches · Guilt of trusting in — Guilt of trusting in
Sun · Worshiped — Worshiped

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Job 31:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 31:24-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 31:28

John Gill on Job 31:28

Keil & Delitzsch on Job 31:24-28

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Job 31:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 31:24-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 31:28

John Gill on Job 31:28

Keil & Delitzsch on Job 31:24-28

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 31:28

Rashi on Job 31:27