Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For this is a wickedness and sin, that is worthy to be punished;
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, it would be
King James Version
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
Holman Bible
it would be a crime deserving punishment.
International Standard Version
because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged.
A Conservative Version
For that is a heinous crime, yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
American Standard Version
For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
Amplified
“For adultery is a heinous and lustful crime;
Moreover, it would be a sin punishable by the judges.
Bible in Basic English
For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:
Darby Translation
For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity to be judged by the judges:
Julia Smith Translation
For this is crime, and this is iniquity for the judges.
King James 2000
For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for that [is] a shameful act, and that [is] {a criminal offense}.
Modern King James verseion
For that would be an evil purpose; yea, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
NET Bible
For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.
New Heart English Bible
For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
The Emphasized Bible
Surely that had been a shameful thing! and that an iniquity for the judges!
Webster
For this is a hainous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
World English Bible
For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
Youngs Literal Translation
For it is a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
10 O then let my wife be another man's harlot and let others lie with her. 11 For this is a wickedness and sin, that is worthy to be punished; 12 yea, a fire that utterly should consume, and root out all my substance.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:10
He that breaketh wedlock with another man's wife shall die for it, because he hath broke wedlock with his neighbour's wife, and so shall she likewise.
Job 31:28
That were a wickedness worth to be punished, for then should I have denied the God that is above.
Genesis 38:24
And it came to pass that after three months, one told Judah, saying, "Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the whore, and with playing the whore is become great with child." And Judah said, "Bring her forth and let her be burnt."
Deuteronomy 22:22-24
If a man be found lying with a woman that hath a wedded husband, they shall die: both the man that lie with the wife, and also the wife. So shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
Genesis 20:9
And Abimelech called Abraham and said unto him, "What hast thou done unto us, and what have I offended thee, that thou shouldest bring on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? Thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done."
Genesis 26:10
Then said Abimelech, "Why hast thou done this unto us? One of the people might lightly have lain by thy wife and so shouldest thou have brought sin upon us."
Genesis 39:9
He himself is not greater in the house than I, and hath kept nothing from me, but only thee because thou art his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, for to sin against God?"
Exodus 20:14
"Thou shalt not break wedlock.
Proverbs 6:29-33
Even so, whosoever goeth in to his neighbour's wife, and toucheth her, can not be unguilty.
Ezekiel 16:38
Moreover, I will judge thee as a breaker of wedlock and a murderer, and recompense thee thine own blood in wrath and jealousy.