Job 31:11
Modern Translations
New International Version
For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged.

New Living Translation
For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.

English Standard Version
For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;

Berean Study Bible
For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

New American Standard Bible
“For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be wrongdoing punishable by judges.

NASB 1995
"For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.

NASB 1977
“For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.

Amplified Bible
“For adultery is a heinous and lustful crime; Moreover, it would be a sin punishable by the judges.

Christian Standard Bible
For that would be a disgrace; it would be an iniquity deserving punishment.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For that would be a disgrace; it would be a crime deserving punishment.

Contemporary English Version
If I took someone's wife, it would be a horrible crime,

Good News Translation
Such wickedness should be punished by death.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That would be a scandal, and that would be a criminal offense.

International Standard Version
because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged.

NET Bible
For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

New King James Version
For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment.

King James 2000 Bible
For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

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

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

American King James Version
For this is an heinous crime; yes, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

American Standard Version
For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

A Faithful Version
For that would be a heinous crime; yea, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

Darby Bible Translation
For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the judges:

English Revised Version
For that were an heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

Webster's Bible Translation
For this is a hainous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to bee condemned:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For this is a wickednesse and synne, that is worthy to be punyshed,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;

Young's Literal Translation
For it is a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;

Smith's Literal Translation
For this is crime, and this is iniquity for the judges.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For this is a crime and a very great injustice.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because this is sin, and this is an eye that is of contrivance

Lamsa Bible
For this is a heinous crime; yea, such an eye devises a crafty scheme.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, in the case of defiling another man's wife.
















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