World English Bible

Job 31:12

“For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.”

Verse in context — Job 31

then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

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