Job 31:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ For that would be a heinous crime; that would be a criminal offense;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ For this is an heinous crime; Yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ For [adultery] is a heinous and chief crime, an iniquity [to demand action by] the judges and punishment. [Deut. 22:22; John 8:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

Common English Bible

¹¹ for that’s a crime; it’s a punishable offense;

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ For this is a crime and a very great injustice.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.

Job 31:11 Cross References

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.”

Genesis 26:10

Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

Genesis 38:24

About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself; moreover, she is pregnant as a result of prostitution.” And Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”

Genesis 39:9

He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”

Job 31:28

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I should have been false to God above.

Exodus 20:14

“You shall not commit adultery.

Ezekiel 16:38

I will judge you as women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged and bring blood upon you in wrath and jealousy.

Leviticus 20:10

“If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.