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Selected Verse: Job 31:28 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 31:28 |
Strong Concordance |
This also were an iniquity [05771] to be punished by the judge [06416]: for I should have denied [03584] the God [0410] that is above [04605]. |
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King James |
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| The Mosaic law embodied subsequently the feeling of the godly from the earliest times against idolatry, as deserving judicial penalties: being treason against the Supreme King (Deu 13:9; Deu 17:2-7; Eze 8:14-18). This passage therefore does not prove Job to have been subsequent to Moses. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judqe - Note Job 31:11. Among the Hebrews idolatry was an offence punishable by death by stoning; Deu 17:2-7. It is possible, also, that this might have been elsewhere in the patriarchal times a crime punishable in this manner. At all events, Job regarded it as a heinous offence, and one of which the magistrate ought to take cognizance.
For I should have denied the God that is above - The worship of the heavenly bodies would have been in fact the denial of the existence of any Superior Being. This, in fact, always occurs, for idolaters have no knowledge of the true God. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The judge - The civil magistrate; who being advanced and protected by God, is obliged to maintain and vindicate his honour, and consequently to punish idolatry. Denied God - Not directly but by consequence, because this was to rob God of his prerogative, by giving to the creature, that worship which is peculiar to God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For I should have denied the God that is above - Had I paid Divine adoration to them, I should have thereby denied the God that made them. |
14 Then he brought [0935] me to the door [06607] of the gate [08179] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004] which was toward the north [06828]; and, behold, there sat [03427] women [0802] weeping [01058] for Tammuz [08542].
15 Then said [0559] he unto me, Hast thou seen [07200] this, O son [01121] of man [0120]? turn [07725] thee yet again, and thou shalt see [07200] greater [01419] abominations [08441] than these.
16 And he brought [0935] me into the inner [06442] court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], and, behold, at the door [06607] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], between the porch [0197] and the altar [04196], were about five [02568] and twenty [06242] men [0376], with their backs [0268] toward the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], and their faces [06440] toward the east [06924]; and they worshipped [07812] the sun [08121] toward the east [06924].
17 Then he said [0559] unto me, Hast thou seen [07200] this, O son [01121] of man [0120]? Is it a light thing [07043] to the house [01004] of Judah [03063] that they commit [06213] the abominations [08441] which they commit [06213] here? for they have filled [04390] the land [0776] with violence [02555], and have returned [07725] to provoke me to anger [03707]: and, lo, they put [07971] the branch [02156] to their nose [0639].
18 Therefore will I also deal [06213] in fury [02534]: mine eye [05869] shall not spare [02347], neither will I have pity [02550]: and though they cry [07121] in mine ears [0241] with a loud [01419] voice [06963], yet will I not hear [08085] them.
2 If there be found [04672] among [07130] you, within any [0259] of thy gates [08179] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee, man [0376] or woman [0802], that hath wrought [06213] wickedness [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], in transgressing [05674] his covenant [01285],
3 And hath gone [03212] and served [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], and worshipped [07812] them, either the sun [08121], or moon [03394], or any of the host [06635] of heaven [08064], which I have not commanded [06680];
4 And it be told [05046] thee, and thou hast heard [08085] of it, and enquired [01875] diligently [03190], and, behold, it be true [0571], and the thing [01697] certain [03559], that such abomination [08441] is wrought [06213] in Israel [03478]:
5 Then shalt thou bring forth [03318] that man [0376] or that woman [0802], which have committed [06213] that wicked [07451] thing [01697], unto thy gates [08179], even that man [0376] or that woman [0802], and shalt stone [05619] them with stones [068], till they die [04191].
6 At the mouth [06310] of two [08147] witnesses [05707], or three [07969] witnesses [05707], shall he that is worthy of death [04191] be put to death [04191]; but at the mouth [06310] of one [0259] witness [05707] he shall not be put to death [04191].
7 The hands [03027] of the witnesses [05707] shall be first [07223] upon him to put him to death [04191], and afterward [0314] the hands [03027] of all the people [05971]. So thou shalt put [01197] the evil [07451] away [01197] from among [07130] you.
9 But thou shalt surely [02026] kill [02026] him; thine hand [03027] shall be first [07223] upon him to put him to death [04191], and afterwards [0314] the hand [03027] of all the people [05971].
2 If there be found [04672] among [07130] you, within any [0259] of thy gates [08179] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee, man [0376] or woman [0802], that hath wrought [06213] wickedness [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], in transgressing [05674] his covenant [01285],
3 And hath gone [03212] and served [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], and worshipped [07812] them, either the sun [08121], or moon [03394], or any of the host [06635] of heaven [08064], which I have not commanded [06680];
4 And it be told [05046] thee, and thou hast heard [08085] of it, and enquired [01875] diligently [03190], and, behold, it be true [0571], and the thing [01697] certain [03559], that such abomination [08441] is wrought [06213] in Israel [03478]:
5 Then shalt thou bring forth [03318] that man [0376] or that woman [0802], which have committed [06213] that wicked [07451] thing [01697], unto thy gates [08179], even that man [0376] or that woman [0802], and shalt stone [05619] them with stones [068], till they die [04191].
6 At the mouth [06310] of two [08147] witnesses [05707], or three [07969] witnesses [05707], shall he that is worthy of death [04191] be put to death [04191]; but at the mouth [06310] of one [0259] witness [05707] he shall not be put to death [04191].
7 The hands [03027] of the witnesses [05707] shall be first [07223] upon him to put him to death [04191], and afterward [0314] the hands [03027] of all the people [05971]. So thou shalt put [01197] the evil [07451] away [01197] from among [07130] you.
11 For this is an heinous crime [02154]; yea, it is an iniquity [05771] to be punished by the judges [06414].