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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