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Job 31:12

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

KJV

Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina.

Vulgate

πῦρ γάρ ἐστιν καιόμενον ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν μερῶν· οὗ δ’ ἂν ἐπέλθῃ, ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀπώλεσεν.

LXX

For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

ASV

כִּ֤י אֵ֣שׁ הִ֭יא עַד אֲבַדּ֣וֹן תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּֽ/בְ/כָל תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣/י תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבַדּֽוֹן
'bdvn
proper_noun · 5×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הּ
h
noun · 43×
יַשְׁרֵ֣שׁ
yshrsh
verb · 8×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 811×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 5:7 — How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops i
  • Prov 6:27 — Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?