Job 31:11
For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
BSB
ASV
For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
KJV
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
For this is an heinous crime - This expresses Job’s sense of the enormity of such an offence. He felt that there was no palliation for it; he would in no way, and on no pretence, attempt to vindicate it. An iniquity to be punished by the judges - A crime for the judges to determine on and decide. The sins which Job had specified before this, were those of the heart; but here he refers to a crime against society - an offence which deserved the interposition of the magistrate.
In the earliest times punished with death (Ge 38:24). So in later times (De 22:22). Heretofore he had spoken only of sins against conscience; now, one against the community, needing the cognizance of the judge.
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Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
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and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not commit adultery.
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Genesis 38:24About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
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If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
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Job 31:28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
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If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His…
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
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Ezekiel 16:38And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
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If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.