Job 31:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Aren't there catastrophes for wicked people and disasters for those who do wrong?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

ASV:

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

BBE:

Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

DBY:

Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?

ERV:

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

JPS:

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

WBS:

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

WEB:

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

YLT:

Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?

Job 31:3 Cross References

XREF:

Job 18:12 "His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side.

Job 21:30 "For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity; They will be led forth at the day of fury.

Job 34:22 "There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

31:3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to {c} the workers of iniquity?
(c) Job declares that the fear of God was a bridle to stay him from all wickedness.

MHC:

31:1-8 Job did not speak the things here recorded by way of boasting, but in answer to the charge of hypocrisy. He understood the spiritual nature of God's commandments, as reaching to the thoughts and intents of the heart. It is best to let our actions speak for us; but in some cases we owe it to ourselves and to the cause of God, solemnly to protest our innocence of the crimes of which we are falsely accused. The lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world, are two fatal rocks on which multitudes split; against these Job protests he was always careful to stand upon his guard. And God takes more exact notice of us than we do of ourselves; let us therefore walk circumspectly. He carefully avoided all sinful means of getting wealth. He dreaded all forbidden profit as much as all forbidden pleasure. What we have in the world may be used with comfort, or lost with comfort, if honestly gotten. Without strict honestly and faithfulness in all our dealings, we can have no good evidence of true godliness. Yet how many professors are unable to abide this touchstone!

CONC:

Befall Calamity Destruction Disaster Evil-doers Iniquity Misfortune Perverse Punishment Sinner Strange Strangeness Trouble Unjust Unrighteous Wicked Workers Wrong

Befall Calamity Destruction Disaster Evil-Doers Iniquity Misfortune Perverse Punishment Ruin Sinner Strange Trouble Unjust Unrighteous Wicked Work Workers Wrong

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved.

Online Parallel Bible