Job 31:28 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.

English ASV

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

English Amplified

This also would have been [a heinous and principal] iniquity to demand the judges' action and punishment, for I would have denied and been false to the God Who is above. [Deut. 4:19; 17:2-7.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

This also would have been [a heinous and principal] iniquity to demand the judges' action and punishment, for I would have denied and been false to the God Who is above. [Deut. 4:19; 17:2-7.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment, for I would have denied God above.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the God who is above.

English EASY 2024

If I had done that, I would not have been faithful to God in heaven. I would have deserved punishment for that sin.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

This is also a sin that must be punished. If I had worshiped them, I would have been unfaithful to God All-Powerful.

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Such a sin should be punished by death; it denies Almighty God.

English God's Word - GW 1995

then that, too, would be a criminal offense, and I would have denied God above.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

this would also be a crime deserving punishment, for I would have denied God above.

English KJV 1611

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

English LSB

That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judge, for I would have denied the God who is above.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

This too would be a crime for condemnation, for I should have denied God above.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then those things would have been sins that should be judged. And I wouldn't have been faithful to God in heaven.

English NIV

then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.

English NKJ 1982

This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above.

English NLT

If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I should have been false to God above.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I should have been false to God above.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

this, too, must be punished by the judges. For if I had done such things, it would mean that I denied the God of heaven.

English Tyndale 1537

That were a wickedness worth to be punished, for then should I have denied the God that is above.

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