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me?</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-2.htm">Job 31:2</a></div><div class="verse">For what portion of God <i>is there</i> from above? and <i>what</i> inheritance of the Almighty from on high?</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-3.htm">Job 31:3</a></div><div class="verse"><i>Is</i> not destruction to the wicked? and a strange <i>punishment</i> to the workers of iniquity?</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2"><i>Is</i> not destruction to the wicked? and a strange <i>punishment</i> to <span class="cverse3">{c}</span> the workers of iniquity?</span><p>(c) Job declares that the fear of God was a bridle to stay him from all wickedness.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-4.htm">Job 31:4</a></div><div class="verse">Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-5.htm">Job 31:5</a></div><div class="verse">If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-6.htm">Job 31:6</a></div><div class="verse">Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine <span class="cverse3">{d}</span> integrity.</span><p>(d) He shows what his uprightness stands in, in as much as he was blameless before men and did not sin against the second table.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7</a></div><div class="verse">If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart <span class="cverse3">{e}</span> walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;</span><p>(e) That is, has accomplished the lust of my eyes.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-8.htm">Job 31:8</a></div><div class="verse"><i>Then</i> let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2"><i>Then</i> let me sow, and let another <span class="cverse3">{f}</span> eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.</span><p>(f) According to the curse of the law, De 28:33.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-9.htm">Job 31:9</a></div><div class="verse">If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or <i>if</i> I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-10.htm">Job 31:10</a></div><div class="verse"><i>Then</i> let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2"><i>Then</i> let my wife <span class="cverse3">{g}</span> grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.</span><p>(g) Let her be made a slave.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-11.htm">Job 31:11</a></div><div class="verse">For this <i>is</i> an heinous crime; yea, it <i>is</i> an iniquity <i>to be punished by</i> the judges.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-12.htm">Job 31:12</a></div><div class="verse">For it <i>is</i> a fire <i>that</i> consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">For it <i>is</i> a fire <i>that</i> consumeth <span class="cverse3">{h}</span> to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.</span><p>(h) He shows that although man neglects the punishment of adultery, yet the wrath of God will never cease till such are destroyed.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-13.htm">Job 31:13</a></div><div class="verse">If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they <span class="cverse3">{i}</span> contended with me;</span><p>(i) When they thought themselves evil intreated by me.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-14.htm">Job 31:14</a></div><div class="verse">What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">What then shall I do when <span class="cverse3">{k}</span> God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?</span><p>(k) If I had oppressed others, how would I have escaped God's judgment.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-15.htm">Job 31:15</a></div><div class="verse">Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">Did not he that made me in the womb make <span class="cverse3">{l}</span> him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?</span><p>(l) He was moved to show pity to servants, because they were God's creatures as he was.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-16.htm">Job 31:16</a></div><div class="verse">If I have withheld the poor from <i>their</i> desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If I have withheld the poor from <i>their</i> desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow <span class="cverse3">{m}</span> to fail;</span><p>(m) By long waiting for her request.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-17.htm">Job 31:17</a></div><div class="verse">Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-18.htm">Job 31:18</a></div><div class="verse">(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as <i>with</i> a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">(For from my youth he was brought up with me, <span class="cverse3">{n}</span> as <i>with</i> a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)</span><p>(n) He nourished the fatherless, and maintained the widows cause.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-19.htm">Job 31:19</a></div><div class="verse">If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-20.htm">Job 31:20</a></div><div class="verse">If his loins have not blessed me, and <i>if</i> he were <i>not</i> warmed with the fleece of my sheep;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-21.htm">Job 31:21</a></div><div class="verse">If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If I have lifted <span class="cverse3">{o}</span> up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:</span><p>(o) To oppress him and to do him harm.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-22.htm">Job 31:22</a></div><div class="verse"><i>Then</i> let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2"><i>Then</i> let mine <span class="cverse3">{p}</span> arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.</span><p>(p) Let me rot in pieces.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-23.htm">Job 31:23</a></div><div class="verse">For destruction <i>from</i> God <i>was</i> a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">For destruction <i>from</i> God <i>was</i> a <span class="cverse3">{q}</span> terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.</span><p>(q) I did not refrain from sin for fear of men, but because I feared God.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-24.htm">Job 31:24</a></div><div class="verse">If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, <i>Thou art</i> my confidence;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-25.htm">Job 31:25</a></div><div class="verse">If I rejoiced because my wealth <i>was</i> great, and because mine hand had gotten much;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26</a></div><div class="verse">If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking <i>in</i> brightness;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If I beheld the <span class="cverse3">{r}</span> sun when it shined, or the moon walking <i>in</i> brightness;</span><p>(r) If I was proud of my worldly prosperity and happiness, which is meant by the shining of the sun, and brightness of the moon.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-27.htm">Job 31:27</a></div><div class="verse">And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my <span class="cverse3">{s}</span> hand:</span><p>(s) If my own doings delighted me.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-28.htm">Job 31:28</a></div><div class="verse">This also <i>were</i> an iniquity <i>to be punished by</i> the judge: for I should have denied the God <i>that is</i> above.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">This also <i>were</i> an iniquity <i>to be punished by</i> the judge: for I should have denied the God <i>that is</i> <span class="cverse3">{t}</span> above.</span><p>(t) By putting confidence in anything but in him alone.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-29.htm">Job 31:29</a></div><div class="verse">If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-30.htm">Job 31:30</a></div><div class="verse">Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-31.htm">Job 31:31</a></div><div class="verse">If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If the men of my <span class="cverse3">{u}</span> tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.</span><p>(u) My servants moved me to be avenged of my enemy, yet I never wished him harm.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-32.htm">Job 31:32</a></div><div class="verse">The stranger did not lodge in the street: <i>but</i> I opened my doors to the traveller.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-33.htm">Job 31:33</a></div><div class="verse">If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If I covered <span class="cverse3">{x}</span> my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:</span><p>(x) Not confessed it freely, by which it is evident that he justified himself before men, and not before God.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-34.htm">Job 31:34</a></div><div class="verse">Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, <i>and</i> went not out of the door?</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families <span class="cverse3">{y}</span> terrify me, that I kept <span class="cverse3">{z}</span> silence, <i>and</i> went not out of the door?</span><p>(y) That is, I reverenced the most weak and contemned and was afraid to offend them.<p>(z) I suffered them to speak evil of me, and went not out of my house to avenge it.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-35.htm">Job 31:35</a></div><div class="verse">Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire <i>is, that</i> the Almighty would answer me, and <i>that</i> mine adversary had written a book.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">Oh that one would hear me! behold, my <span class="cverse3">{a}</span> desire <i>is, that</i> the Almighty would answer me, and <i>that</i> mine adversary had written a book.</span><p>(a) This is a sufficient token of my righteousness, that God is my witness and will justify my cause.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-36.htm">Job 31:36</a></div><div class="verse">Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, <i>and</i> bind it <i>as</i> a crown to me.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, <i>and</i> bind it <i>as</i> a <span class="cverse3">{b}</span> crown to me.</span><p>(b) Should not this book of his accusations be a praise and commendation to me?</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-37.htm">Job 31:37</a></div><div class="verse">I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a <span class="cverse3">{c}</span> prince would I go near unto him.</span><p>(c) I will make him account of all my life, without fear.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-38.htm">Job 31:38</a></div><div class="verse">If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If my land <span class="cverse3">{d}</span> cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;</span><p>(d) As though I had withheld their wages that laboured in it.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-39.htm">Job 31:39</a></div><div class="verse">If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused <span class="cverse3">{e}</span> the owners thereof to lose their life:</span><p>(e) Meaning, that he was not a briber or extortioner.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/job/31-40.htm">Job 31:40</a></div><div class="verse">Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. 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