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11 For [adultery] is a heinous and chief crime, an iniquity [to demand action by] the judges and punishment.(A)

12 For [uncontrolled passion] is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (to destruction, ruin, and the place of final torment); [that fire once lighted would rage until all is consumed] and would burn to the root all my [life’s] increase.

13 If I have despised and rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant when they contended or brought a complaint against me,

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11 For that would have been wicked,(A)
    a sin to be judged.(B)
12 It is a fire(C) that burns to Destruction[a];(D)
    it would have uprooted my harvest.(E)

13 “If I have denied justice to any of my servants,(F)
    whether male or female,
    when they had a grievance against me,(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:12 Hebrew Abaddon