12It is a fire that burns to Destruction ; it would have uprooted my harvest.


In Context

9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,

10 then may my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her.

11 For that would have been shameful, a sin to be judged.

12 It is a fire that burns to Destruction ; it would have uprooted my harvest.

13 "If I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants when they had a grievance against me,

14 what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?

Job 31:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:12For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:12It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:12For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:12For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:12For a fire it is, to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.