King James Version (KJV)

Job 31:12

“For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.”

Verse in context — Job 31

[Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.

For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.