Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon,
And would uproot all my increase.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon;
it would destroy my entire harvest.

International Standard Version

The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward."

A Conservative Version

For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

American Standard Version

For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

Amplified


“For it is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (destruction, ruin, final torment);
And [illicit passion] would burn and rage and uproot all my [life’s] increase [destroying everything].

Bible in Basic English

It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

For it is a fire; it will devour even to destruction, and will root out upon all mine increase.

King James 2000

For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Indeed, that [is] a fire that will consume up to Abaddon, and it would uproot all my crop.

Modern King James verseion

For it is a fire that devours to the Place of Ruin, and it would root out all my gain.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

yea, a fire that utterly should consume, and root out all my substance.

NET Bible

For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

New Heart English Bible

For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

The Emphasized Bible

Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.

Webster

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

World English Bible

For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

Youngs Literal Translation

For a fire it is, to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For it is a fire
אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

H11
אבדּון 
'abaddown 
Usage: 5

and would root out
שׁרשׁ 
Sharash 
...root, root out
Usage: 8

References

Easton

Fausets

Morish

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

11 “For that would be a lustful crime;
Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.
12 “For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon,
And would uproot all my increase.
13 “If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,


Cross References

Proverbs 6:27

Can a man take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?

Job 15:30

“He will not escape from darkness;
The flame will wither his shoots,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

Job 20:28

“The increase of his house will depart;
His possessions will flow away in the day of His anger.

Job 26:6

“Naked is Sheol before Him,
And Abaddon has no covering.

Proverbs 3:33

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

Jeremiah 5:7-9

“Why should I pardon you?
Your sons have forsaken Me
And sworn by those who are not gods.
When I had fed them to the full,
They committed adultery
And trooped to the harlot’s house.

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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