a31:9-10
b24:15-16
cDeut 5:18
dMatt 5:27-28
eDeut 5:21
fExod 11:5
g31:11
hLev 18:17
iJudg 20:6
jEzek 23:49
k31:12
lDeut 32:22

‏ Job 31:9-12

Summary for Job 31:9-10: 31:9-10  a Whether she seduced him or he waited for her (24:15-16  b), if Job lusted for his neighbor’s wife he would break the seventh (Deut 5:18  c, Matt 5:27-28  d) and tenth (Deut 5:21  e) commandments.

• serve: Literally grind for. This might refer to servitude (Exod 11:5  f) or to sexual intercourse.
31:11  g The Hebrew term zimmah (shameful sin) is associated with sexual crimes such as incest (“wicked act,” Lev 18:17  h), gang-rape (“terrible ... crime,” Judg 20:6  i), and prostitution (Ezek 23:49  j).
31:12  k The association of fire with hell or the grave is rare in the Old Testament (cp. Deut 32:22  l).
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