let me: Job 5:5, Job 24:6; Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:30-33, Deuteronomy 28:38, Deuteronomy 28:51; Judges 6:3-6; Micah 6:15
let my: Job 5:4, Job 15:30, Job 18:19; Psalms 109:13
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Job 31:8
Job 31:8
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Job 31 — OverviewJob 31 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob had often protested his integrity in general; here he does it in
particular instances, not in a way of commendation (for he does not
here proclaim his good deeds), but in his own just and necessary…Job 31 — OverviewJob 31 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 31:1, Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties.Job 31 — OverviewJob 31 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter Job gives an account of himself in private life, of the integrity and uprightness of his life, and his holy walk and conversation, with this view, that it might be thought that the afflictions which were…Job 31:1-8Job 31:1-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world, are the two fatal
rocks on which multitudes split; against these Job protests he was
always careful to stand upon his guard.
I. Against the lusts of the flesh.…Job 31:1-40Job 31:1-40 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuated against him.…Job 31:1-40Job 31:1-40 · The Pulpit CommentaryJob's second parable: 4. A solemn protestation of innocence.
I. WITH RESPECT TO THE LAW OF CHASTITY. (Verses 1-4.)
1. The wickedness he eschewed. Not alone the crime of seduction, or the actual defilement of virginal…