Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Indeed, that [is] a fire that will consume up to Abaddon, and it would uproot all my crop.
New American Standard Bible
And would
King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Holman Bible
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
11 for that [is] a shameful act, and that [is] {a criminal offense}. 12 Indeed, that [is] a fire that will consume up to Abaddon, and it would uproot all my crop. 13 "If I have rejected my male or female slave's case when their complaint [was] against me,
Cross References
Proverbs 6:27
Can a man carry fire in his lap, and his clothes not burn?
Job 15:30
"He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his new shoot, and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.
Job 20:28
The products of his house will be carried away [like] gushing waters on the day of his wrath.
Job 26:6
Sheol [is] naked before him, and there is no covering for Abaddon.
Proverbs 3:33
The curse of Yahweh [is] on the house of the wicked, and the abode of the righteous ones he blesses.
Jeremiah 5:7-9
"{How} can I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me, and they have sworn by [those who are] not gods. But I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and flocked [to] the house of a prostitute.
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will approach 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 the oppressors of [the] hired worker [with his] wages, [the] widow and [the] orphan, and {the abusers of} [the] alien, and [yet] do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage [must be] held in honor by all, and the marriage bed [be] undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.