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Job 31:9 KJV
Job · chapter 31 · verse 9
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;Job 31:9 · King James Version
Job 31:9 in context
7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- neighbour'srêaʻan associateH7453 →
- deceivedpâthâhto openH6601 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- waitʼârabto lurkH693 →
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Two more instances we have here of Job's integrity: - I. That he had a very great abhorrence of the sin of adultery. As he did not wrong his own marriage bed by keeping a concubine (he did not so much as think upon a maid, v. 1), so he was careful not to offer any injury to his neighbour's marriage bed.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15