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Job 31:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Is it not calamity to the unjust And disaster to those who work iniquity?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Is there not calamity, for the perverse? and misfortune, for the workers of iniquity?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Is not destruction to the wicked ? strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquitie?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For it is destruction to the wicked, and punishment to the workers of iniquity.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
[Is] not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
destruction 343
{0343} Prime
אֵיד
'eyd
{ade}
From the same as H0181 (in the sense of bending down); oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin.
to the wicked? 5767
{5767} Prime
עַוָּל
`avval
{av-vawl'}
Intensive from H5765; evil (morally).
and a strange 5235
{5235} Prime
נֶכֶר
neker
{neh'-ker}
From H5234; something strange, that is, unexpected calamity.
[punishment] to the workers 6466
{6466} Prime
פָּעַל
pa`al
{paw-al'}
A primitive root; to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
of iniquity? 205
{0205} Prime
אָוֶן
'aven
{aw-ven'}
From an unused root perhaps meaning properly to pant (hence to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Job 31:1-4.


Job 31:3

_ _ Answer to the question in Job 31:2.

_ _ strange — extraordinary.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 31:1-8.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 31:3

[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to (c) the workers of iniquity?

(c) Job declares that the fear of God was a bridle to stay him from all wickedness.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
destruction:

Job 21:30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Psalms 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Psalms 73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Proverbs 1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Proverbs 10:29 The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 21:15 [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Romans 9:22 [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
2 Thessalonians 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

a strange:

Isaiah 28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as [in] mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as [in] the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 21:30. Ps 55:23; 73:18. Pv 1:27; 10:29; 21:15. Is 28:21. Mt 7:13. Ro 9:22. 1Th 5:3. 2Th 1:9. 2P 2:1. Jde 1:7.

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