←Job 31→BSB

In This Chapter 3 people 77 terms 1 theme

People

Man (Adam) 2 Job 2 Adam

Key Terms

Transgression 6 Perceive 5 Possession 3 Curse (Invocation of Harm) 3 Covenant 2 Mischief 2 Righteousness (Standard) 2 To Sin 2 Bless (Approval) 2 Safety (State) 2 Rebellion (Offense) 2 Strength 2 Be Complete 2 Covenant (NT) Covenant of Salt To Cause to Possess Possession Deceit (Act) Deceit (Deception) Deceive Deceit (Betrayal) Laziness Deceit (Covert) Be (Or Show Oneself) Just Acquit Justice (Right) Righteousness (Act) Just Put Right With Make Righteous Deserved Justify (Vindicate) Justify Justly Justice Righteousness (Quality) Sin Guilt (State) Sin (Act) Sin (Incur Guilt) Guilty (Responsible) Guilt (Consequence) Guiltiness Trespass (Sin) Sinful Sin (Offense) To Stand Guilty Sin (Guilty) Sin (Wrongdoing) Guilty Considered Guilty Guilty Of Sin Previously Sin Against Blessing (Act) Bless (Favor) Blessing (Content) Blessed Bless (Request Favor) Safety Safety (Trust) Safe Safety (Security) Safety (Confidence) To Curse Curse (Consign to Death) Curse (Formula) Curse (Enchant) Curse (Pronouncement Against) Rebel (Act) Be Rebellious Rebel (Against Authority) Rebellion Rebelliousness Complete Complete Certainty Be Fully Assured

Themes

Job’s Innocence

Job’s Final Appeal

ⓘ Job called down wrong against himself (curses) if...

Job called down wrong against himself (curses) if he was guilty of the accusations against him. Apart from mentioning idolatry (worship of false gods), Job spoke about how loyal he was to God by focusing on the second half of the Ten Commandments (31:26–27). The summary of these is: “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9).
1“I have made a covenant with my eyes.How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?2For what is the allotment of God from above,or the heritage from the Almighty on high?3Does not disaster come to the unjustand calamity to the workers of iniquity?4Does He not see my waysand count my every step?
ⓘ If Job had lied in a business deal,...

  • If Job had lied in a business deal, it would violate the eighth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:19). If he lied in court, it would violate the ninth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:20). This sin would deserve judgment of fire (Revelation 21:8).

  • If Job desired his neighbor's possessions, he would violate the tenth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:21).

  • then may another eat: This was also speaking against himself (a curse).
5If I have walked in falsehoodor my foot has rushed to deceit,6let God weigh me with honest scales,that He may know my integrity.7If my steps have turned from the path,if my heart has followed my eyes,or if impurity has stuck to my hands,8then may another eat what I have sown,and may my crops be uprooted.
ⓘ Whether she tempted him or he waited for...
9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife,or I have lurked at his door,10then may my own wife grind grain for another,and may other men sleep with her.11For that would be a heinous crime,an iniquity to be judged.12For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon;†it would root out my entire harvest.
ⓘ Rejected … manservant or maidservant: This might refer...

  • Rejected … manservant or maidservant: This might refer to violating the fourth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:12–15).

  • He who made me in the womb also make them: Job applied the idea of being made in God's image to the poor person and even to slaves (Proverbs 14:31; 22:2).
13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservantwhen they made a complaint against me,14what will I do when God rises to judge?How will I answer when called to account?15Did not He who made me in the womb also make them?Did not the same One form us in the womb?
16If I have denied the desires of the pooror allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,17if I have eaten my morsel alone,not sharing it with the fatherless—18though from my youth I reared him as would a father,and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing,or a needy man without a cloak,20if his heart has not blessed me†for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherlessbecause I saw that I had support in the gate,
ⓘ If someone used an arm for a sinful...

If someone used an arm for a sinful action, having it torn from its socket would be a fitting punishment (31:21). This would be better than encountering God's judgment (compare Matthew 5:28–30).
22then may my arm fall from my shoulderand be torn from its socket.23For calamity from God terrifies me,and His splendor I cannot overpower.
24If I have put my trust in goldor called pure gold my security,25if I have rejoiced in my great wealthbecause my hand had gained so much,
ⓘ The sins of adultery and worshiping the sun...

The sins of adultery and worshiping the sun and moon had the death penalty (compare 31:1, 9–12). Both were sins that tempted the inner being of a person through the eyes. Judges tried both types of sin in court.
26if I have beheld the sun† in its radianceor the moon moving in splendor,27so that my heart was secretly enticedand my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,28this would also be an iniquity to be judged,for I would have denied God on high.
ⓘ I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin: See...
29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin,or exulted when evil befell him—30I have not allowed my mouth to sinby asking for his life with a curse—
ⓘ no stranger had to lodge on the street:...

no stranger had to lodge on the street: The Old Testament values hosting strangers (hospitality) (Genesis 18:1–13; 19:2–3; Judges 19:20–21). The New Testament commands it (Matthew 25:35; Romans 12:13; 1 Timothy 3:2; Hebrews 13:2; 1 Peter 4:9).
31if the men of my house have not said,‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—32but no stranger had to lodge on the street,for my door has been open to the traveler—33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam†by hiding my guilt in my heart,34because I greatly feared the crowdsand the contempt of the clans terrified me,so that I kept silentand would not go outside—
35(Oh, that I had one to hear me!Here is my signature.Let the Almighty answer me;let my accuser compose an indictment.36Surely I would carry it on my shoulderand wear it like a crown.37I would give account of all my steps;I would approach Him like a prince.)—
38if my land cries out against meand its furrows weep together,39if I have devoured its produce without paymentor broken the spirit of its tenants,40then let briers grow instead of wheatand stinkweed instead of barley.”

Thus conclude the words of Job.