For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
For a fire it is , to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XXXI. Job had often protested his integrity in general; here he does it in particular instances, not in a way of commendation (for he does not here proclaim his good deeds), but in his own just and necessary vindication, to clear himself from those crimes with…