Job 31:11 Meaning and Explanation
“For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.”
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Read Full Chapter →Job explains that adultery is a grievous wickedness, a crime deserving judicial punishment.
What Does Job 31:11 Mean?
Job pauses his oath to justify the severity of the curse he just spoke. Adultery, he insists, is no small fault but a 'heinous crime,' an iniquity grave enough to be brought before human judges.
By naming it a public offense, Job places the violation of marriage among the most serious of sins, not a private matter to be quietly excused. The reader sees that faithfulness is not merely personal preference but a moral obligation woven into the very order God established for human life. What wounds the covenant of marriage is no small thing; it answers in the end to the Judge of all the earth.
Job 31:11 in the Original Language
zimmah (זִמָּה), 'heinous crime' -- a premeditated, shameful wickedness; a deliberate moral outrage.
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What does Job 31:11 mean?
Job explains that adultery is a grievous wickedness, a crime deserving judicial punishment.