Job 31:3

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?

Complete Jewish Bible:

Isn't it calamity to the unrighteous? disaster to those who do evil?

Berean Standard Bible:

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

American Standard Version:

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Is not destruction{H343} to the wicked{H5767}? and a strange{H5235} punishment to the workers{H6466} of iniquity{H205}?

Cross-References (KJV):

Job 21:30

  • That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

Job 34:22

  • [There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

  • For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Isaiah 28:21

  • For the LORD shall rise up as [in] mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as [in] the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

Romans 9:22

  • [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

Psalms 73:18

  • Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

  • Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

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Commentary for Job 31:3

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H343
    There are 38 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֵיד
    Transliteration: ʼêyd
    Pronunciation: ade
    Description: from the same as אוּד (in the sense of bending down); oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin; calamity, destruction.
  2. Strong's Number: H5767
    There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עַוָּל
    Transliteration: ʻavvâl
    Pronunciation: av-vawl'
    Description: intensive from עֲוַל; evil (morally); unjust, unrighteous, wicked.
  3. Strong's Number: H5235
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נֶכֶר
    Transliteration: neker
    Pronunciation: neh'-ker
    Description: or נֹכֶר; from נָכַר; something strange, i.e. unexpected calamity; strange.
  4. Strong's Number: H6466
    There are 55 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פָּעַל
    Transliteration: pâʻal
    Pronunciation: paw-al'
    Description: a primitive root; to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise; commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
  5. Strong's Number: H205
    There are 101 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָוֶן
    Transliteration: ʼâven
    Pronunciation: aw-ven'
    Description: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol; affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare אַיִן.