Skip to content

Job 31:12

Job 31:12
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

My Notes

Commentary

Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

If I did despise the cause of my manservant, or of my maidservant,.... Whether it was a cause that related to any…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction - This may mean that such an offence would be a crime that would provoke…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 31:9-15

Two more instances we have here of Job's integrity: -

I. That he had a very great abhorrence of the sin of adultery. As…