Job 31:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 31:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 31:11 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 31:11 — KJV
“For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.”
— Job 31:11 (KJV)
Job 31:11 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 31:11
“If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:11: punished, judges
“For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:11: yea, iniquity
“But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:11: yea, iniquity
“And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:11: yea, iniquity
“And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. punish: Heb. visit upon”
Shares key themes with Job 31:11: yea, iniquity
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