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Job 31:28

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31:28then this42 also would be iniquity to be judged,43

for I would have been false44 to God above.

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Footnotes

  1. 42 Heb “it.”
  2. 43 See v. 11 for the construction. In Deut 17:2ff. false worship of heavenly bodies is a capital offense. In this passage, Job is talking about just a momentary glance at the sun or moon and the brief lapse into a pagan thought. But it is still sin.
  3. 44 The verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash) in the Piel means “to deny.” The root meaning is “to deceive; to disappoint; to grow lean.” Here it means that he would have failed or proven unfaithful because his act would have been a denial of God.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,

for I would have been false to God above.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

then these also would be sins to be judged,

for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment,

for I would have denied God above.

NLTNew Living Translation

If so, I should be punished by the judges,

for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

this also is an iniquity to be judged,

for I have deceived God above.

KJV 1900King James Version

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge:

For I should have denied the God that is above.