Job 31:12
World English Bible (WEB)
for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
In context
10 then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
12 for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
13 “If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,
14 what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?
Job 31:12 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
- KJV King James Version
- For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,
- DBY Darby Translation
- For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase.