Job 31:3 “Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of in…”

Job 31:3

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

World English Bible

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

American Standard Version

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

Geneva Bible 1599

Is not destruction to the wicked and strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?

Darby Translation

Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?

Young's Literal Translation

Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?

Bible in Basic English

Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

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Cross references

“destruction”

Job 21:30 Psalm 55:23 Psalm 73:18 Proverbs 1:27 Proverbs 10:29 Proverbs 21:15

Job 21:30 · BSB

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

Psalm 55:23 · BSB

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Psalm 73:18 · BSB

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

Proverbs 1:27 · BSB

when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

Proverbs 10:29 · BSB

The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

Proverbs 21:15 · BSB

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.

“a strange”

Isaiah 28:21 Jude 1:7

Isaiah 28:21 · BSB

For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

Jude 1:7 · BSB

In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

Also

Job 34:22

Job 34:22 · BSB

There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

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

In context

2For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

4Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

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