28 then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.
28 If so, I would deserve the worst of punishments, for I would be betraying God himself.
28 This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above.
28 If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 31:28
Commentary on Job 31:24-32
(Read Job 31:24-32)
Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Through the determination to be rich, numbers ruin their souls, or pierce themselves with many sorrows. 2. He never was guilty of idolatry. The source of idolatry is in the heart, and it corrupts men, and provokes God to send judgments upon a nation. 3. He neither desired nor delighted in the hurt of the worst enemy he had. If others bear malice to us, that will not justify us in bearing malice to them. 4. He had never been unkind to strangers. Hospitality is a Christian duty, 1 Peter 4:9.