Job 31:1-40 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:6

Let me be weighed in an even balance ,.... Or "in balances of righteousness" F26 במאזני צדק "in bilancibus justitiae", Montanus, Mercerus, Drusius, so Junius & Tremellius, Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens. , even in the balance or strict justice, the justice of God; he was so conscious to himself that he had done no injustice to any man in his dealings with them, that, if weight of righteousness, which was to be, and was the rule of his conduct between man and man, was put into... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:7

If my step hath turned out of the way ,.... The way of God, the way of his commandments, the good and right way, the way of truth and righteousness, so far as Job had knowledge of it: for, besides the law and light of nature the Gentiles had in common, good men had some revelation, and notions of the mind and will of God unto them, both before and after the flood, previous to the Mosaic dispensation; which in some measure directed them what way to walk in, with respect to worship and duty;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:8

Then let me sow, and another eat ,.... If what he had before said was not true; but he had turned out of the way of righteousness, and walked after the sight of his eyes, and the mammon of unrighteousness cleaved to his hands; then he wishes might sow his fields, and another enjoy the increase of them, which is one of God's judgments threatened unto the wicked and disobedient, Leviticus 26:16 ; let my offspring be rooted out ; but Job had no offspring or children at this time to be... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:9

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman ,.... By another man's wife, by wantonly looking at her beauty, and so lusting after her; and so, not through any blame or fault of hers, or by any artful methods made use of by her, to allure and ensnare; such as were practised by the harlot, Proverbs 7:1 ; but by neither was the heart of Job deceived, and drawn into the sin of uncleanness; for he had made a covenant with his eyes, as not to look at a virgin, so much less at another man's wife,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:10

Then let my wife grind unto another ,.... Which some understand literally, of her being put to the worst of drudgery and slavery, to work at a mill, and grind corn for the service of a stranger, and be exposed to the company of the meanest of persons, and to their insults and abuses; as we find such as were taken captives and made prisoners by an enemy were put unto, as Samson, Judges 16:21 ; and it may be observed, that to grind in a mill was also the work of women, Exodus 11:5 ; as... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:11

For this is an heinous crime ,.... Adultery; it is contrary to the light of nature, and is condemned by it as a great sin, Genesis 20:9 ; as well as contrary to the express will and law of God, Exodus 20:14 ; and, though all sin is a transgression of the law of God, and deserving of death; yet there are some sins greater and more heinous than others, being attended with aggravating circumstances; and such is this sin, it is a breach of the marriage contract and covenant between man and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:12

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction ,.... Referring either to the nature of the sin of uncleanness; it is inflammatory, a burning lust, a fire burning in the breast; see 1 Corinthians 7:9 ; or to the effect of it, either the rage of jealousy in the injured person, which is exceeding fierce, furious, and cruel, like devouring fire, not to be appeased or mitigated, Proverbs 6:34 ; or else it may respect the punishment of this sin in the times of Job, and which we find was... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:13

If I did despise the cause of my manservant, or of my maidservant ,.... Whether it was a cause that related to any controversy or quarrel among themselves when it was brought before him, he did not reject it, because of the meanness of the contending parties, and the state of servitude they were in; but he received it and searched into it, heard patiently what each had to say, examined them thoroughly, entered into the merits of the cause, and either reconciled them, or passed a righteous... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:14

What then shall I do when God riseth up ?.... That is, if he had despised and rejected the cause of his servants, or had neglected, or refused to do them justice; he signifies he should be at the utmost loss to know what to do, what excuse to make, or what to say in his own defence, when God should rise up to defend the cause of the injured; either in a way of Providence in this life, or at the great day of judgment in the world to come, when everything will be brought to account, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:15

Did not he that made me in the womb make him ?.... And her also, both his manservant and maidservant: these were made, by the Lord as Job was, and in a like place and manner as he himself; though parents are the instruments of begetting children, and of bringing them into the world, God is the Maker of men, as at the beginning, and all are alike made by him, in whatsoever rank, condition, and circumstance of life, whether masters or servants; and they are all fabricated in the same shop of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:15

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