Job 31:28 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

then that, too, would be a criminal offense, and I would have denied God above.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

ASV:

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

BBE:

That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

DBY:

This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the ùGod who is above.

ERV:

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: for I should have lied to God that is above.

JPS:

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above.

WBS:

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

WEB:

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

YLT:

It also is a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.

Job 31:28 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 17:2 "If there is found in your midst, in any of your towns, which the LORD your God is giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, by transgressing His covenant,

Joshua 24:27 Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be for a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke to us; thus it shall be for a witness against you, so that you do not deny your God."

Job 31:11 "For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.

Isaiah 59:13 Transgressing and denying the LORD, And turning away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

31:28 This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] {t} above.
(t) By putting confidence in anything but in him alone.

WES:

31:28 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.

MHC:

31:24-32 Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Through the determination to be rich, numbers ruin their souls, or pierce themselves with many sorrows. 2. He never was guilty of idolatry. The source of idolatry is in the heart, and it corrupts men, and provokes God to send judgments upon a nation. 3. He neither desired nor delighted in the hurt of the worst enemy he had. If others bear malice to us, that will not justify us in bearing malice to them. 4. He had never been unkind to strangers. Hospitality is a Christian duty, 1Pe 4:9.

CONC:

FALSE Denied Iniquity Judge Judged Judges Judgment Judicial Lied Punished Punishment Rewarded Sin Unfaithful

Denied High Iniquity Judge Judged Judges Judgment Judicial Lied Punished Punishment Rewarded Sin Sins Unfaithful

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