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Job 31:28

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

The Mosaic law embodied subsequently the feeling of the godly from the earliest times against idolatry, as deserving judicial penalties: being treason against the Supreme King (Deuteronomy 13:9; Deuteronomy 17:2; Ezekiel 8:14). This passage therefore does not prove Job to have been subsequent to Moses.

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See also Job 31:28 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 31:28. _FOR I SHOULD HAVE DENIED THE GOD_ THAT IS _ABOVE._] Had I paid Divine adoration to them, I should have thereby denied the God that made them....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THIS ALSO WERE AN INIQUITY TO BE PUNISHED BY THE JUDQE - Note Job 31:11. Among the Hebrews idolatry was an offence punishable by death by stoning; Deuteronomy 17:2. It is possible, also, that this mig...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 31 _ 1. My chastity and righteousness (Job 31:1)_ 2. My philanthropy (Job 31:13) 3. My integrity and hospitality (Job 31:24) 4. Let God and man disprove me ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 31. THE OATH OF CLEARING. Job's final protestation of his innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue or e...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 483 SPIRITUAL IDOLATRY Job 31:24; Job 31:28. If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; if I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THIS ALSO WERE AN INIQUITY TO BE PUNISHED BY THE JUDGE— The Hebrew of this passage is only two words, פלילי עון _avon pelili,_ which Schultens renders _iniquitas arbitratoria;_ meaning, as he explains...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    d. He did not trust in wealth nor in heavenly bodies. (Job 31:24-28) TEXT 31:24-28 24 IF I HAVE MADE GOLD MY HOPE, And have said to the fine gold, _Thou art_ my confidence; 25 If I have rejoiced...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB PROTESTS THE INNOCENCE OF HIS PAST LIFE Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and weak, charity, mod...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 31 JOB FINISHES HIS LAST SP...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Many people chose the sun and the moon as their gods. In areas that do not have lights in the streets, the moon is very impressive. And, especially in a hot country like Job’s, the sun is very powerfu...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BY THE JUDGE. — Rather, perhaps, _by my judge, i.e.,_ God; unless, indeed, there be any reference to the Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 17:2), which does not seem likely....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    גַּם ־ה֖וּא עָוֹ֣ן פְּלִילִ֑י כִּֽי ־כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE CLEAN LIFE Job 31:1 Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God Himself there would be no iniquity...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THIS ALSO [WERE] AN INIQUITY [TO BE PUNISHED BY] THE JUDGE,.... As well as adultery, Job 31:11; by the civil magistrates and judges of the earth, who are God's vicegerents, and therefore it behooves t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above. Ver. 28. _This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge_] No less than adultery,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _This also were an iniquity_ No less than the other fore- mentioned sins of adultery, oppression, &c.; _to be punished by the judge_ The civil magistrate; who, being advanced and protected by God, is...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB RECOUNTS HIS BLAMELESS CONDUCT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    this also, as a form of gross idolatry, WERE AN INIQUITY TO BE PUNISHED BY THE JUDGE; FOR I SHOULD HAVE DENIED THE GOD THAT IS ABOVE, acting falsely, becoming guilty of denial....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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! Thr...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THIS ALSO, no less than the other forementioned sins, adultery, oppression, &c. BY THE JUDGE, i.e. by the civil magistrate; who being advanced and protected by God, is obliged to maintain and vindicat...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 31:28 iniquity H5771 judgment H6416 denied H3584 (H8765) God H410 above H4605 an - Job 31:11,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He insists on his integrity. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: An upright heart does not dread a scrutiny. A good man is willing to know the worst of himse...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 31:1. _A maid._ The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin; but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction, a...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _If I have made gold my hope._ ON THE LOVE OF MONEY How universal is it among those who are in pursuit of wealth to make gold their hope; and, among those who are in possession of wealth, to make fin...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I made a covenant with mine eyes._ GUARD THE SENSES Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s landing places, especially the eye and the ear. (_W. Gurnall._) METHODS OF MORAL...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 31:24 Job has guarded against the idolatry of trusting in the wealth that God has provided rather than trusting in God himself. He has also avoided the idolatry of worshiping what God...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED_ Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial reference to his _private...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuat...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 31. Job has pretty well talked down all of his friends. Bildad has had his last word and Job is still responding, and has been responding, actua...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 2:23; 2 Peter 2:1; Deuteronomy 17:2; Deuteronomy 17:9; G

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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 conseq...

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