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A Crime Against Society
Commentators emphasize that Job views adultery not merely as a private moral failure but as a "heinous crime" against the community. Unlike sins of the heart he previously mentioned, he identifies this as an "iniquity to be punished by the judges," highlighting its destructive impact on families and social order.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 31:11
18th Century
Theologian
For this is a heinous crime — This expresses Job’s sense of the enormity of such an offense. He felt that there was no mitigation for it; he…
John Gill
On Job 31:11
17th Century
Pastor
For this [is] an heinous crime
Adultery; it is contrary to the light of nature, and is condemned by it as a great si…
Matthew Henry
On Job 31:9–15
17th Century
Minister
All the defilements of life come from a deceived heart. Lust is a fire in the soul: those who indulge it are said to burn. It consumes all that is …