Job 31:12 “For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my enti…”

Job 31:12

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.

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Cross references

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

Proverbs 6:27 Jeremiah 5:7–9 Proverbs 3:33 Malachi 3:5 Hebrews 13:4

Proverbs 6:27 · BSB

Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?

Jeremiah 5:7–9 · BSB

“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.

Proverbs 3:33 · BSB

The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

Malachi 3:5 · BSB

“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 their…

Hebrews 13:4 · BSB

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Also

Job 26:6 Job 15:30 Job 20:28

Job 26:6 · BSB

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

Job 15:30 · BSB

He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

Job 20:28 · BSB

The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

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