Job 31:28
“This also were an iniquitie to be punished by the Iudge: For I should haue denied the God that is aboue.”
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Job 31:28 Context
26If I beheld the Sunne when it shined, or the Moone walking in brightnesse: 27And my heart hath bene secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28This also were an iniquitie to be punished by the Iudge: For I should haue denied the God that is aboue. 29If I reioyced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lift vp my selfe when euill found him: 30(Neither haue I suffered my mouth to sinne by wishing a curse to his soule.)
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Other Translations for Job 31:28
This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.
- King James Version
That too would have been an iniquity {calling for} judgment, For I would have denied God above.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
- American Standard Version (1901)
That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.
- Basic English Bible
This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the God who is above.
- Darby Bible
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
- Webster's Bible
this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.
- World English Bible
It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
- Youngs Literal Bible
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 31:28
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.