Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward."
New American Standard Bible
And would
King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Holman Bible
it would destroy my entire harvest.
A Conservative Version
For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
American Standard Version
For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
Amplified
“For it is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (destruction, ruin, final torment);
And [illicit passion] would burn and rage and uproot all my [life’s] increase [destroying everything].
Bible in Basic English
It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.
Darby Translation
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Julia Smith Translation
For it is a fire; it will devour even to destruction, and will root out upon all mine increase.
King James 2000
For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Indeed, that [is] a fire that will consume up to Abaddon, and it would uproot all my crop.
Modern King James verseion
For it is a fire that devours to the Place of Ruin, and it would root out all my gain.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
yea, a fire that utterly should consume, and root out all my substance.
NET Bible
For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.
New Heart English Bible
For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.
Webster
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
World English Bible
For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
Youngs Literal Translation
For a fire it is, to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
11 because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged. 12 The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward." 13 "If I've refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me,
Cross References
Proverbs 6:27
Can a man scoop fire into his bosom without burning his clothes?
Job 15:30
He won't escape darkness; a flame will wither his shoots; and he'll depart by the breath of God's mouth.
Job 20:28
A flood will wash away his house; dragging it away when God becomes angry.
Job 26:6
Sheol is naked before God and Abaddon has no clothes.
Proverbs 3:33
The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Jeremiah 5:7-9
Why should I forgive you? Your sons have forsaken me, and you have sworn by those who aren't gods. When I gave them enough food to satisfy them, they committed adultery and marched to the prostitute's house.
Malachi 3:5
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be kept honorable in every way, and the marriage bed undefiled. For God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.