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Job 31

Job 31:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Is not destruction
'eyd (Hebrew #343)
oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin
KJV usage: calamity, destruction.
Pronounce: ade
Origin: from the same as 181 (in the sense of bending down)
to the wicked
`avval (Hebrew #5767)
evil (morally)
KJV usage: unjust, unrighteous, wicked.
Pronounce: av-vawl'
Origin: intensive from 5765
? and a strange
neker (Hebrew #5235)
from 5234; something strange, i.e. unexpected calamity
KJV usage: strange.
Pronounce: neh'-ker
Origin: or noker {no'-ker}
punishment to the workers
pa`al (Hebrew #6466)
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
KJV usage: commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
Pronounce: paw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
of iniquity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
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destruction.
Job 21:30• 30That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath. (Job 21:30)
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Psa. 55:23• 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Psa. 73:18• 18Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins. (Psa. 73:18)
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Prov. 1:27• 27when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you: (Prov. 1:27)
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Prov. 10:29• 29The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect man, but destruction to the workers of iniquity. (Prov. 10:29)
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Prov. 21:15• 15It is joy to a righteous man to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity. (Prov. 21:15)
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Matt. 7:13• 13Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it. (Matt. 7:13)
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Rom. 9:22• 22And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction; (Rom. 9:22)
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1 Thess. 5:3• 3When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:3)
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2 Thess. 1:9• 9who shall pay the penalty of everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might, (2 Thess. 1:9)
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2 Peter 2:1• 1But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction; (2 Peter 2:1)
a strange.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortunef for the workers of iniquity?

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "what is strange." see Isa. 28.21.