Job 31:28

then this ¹  also would be iniquity to be judged, ²  for I would have been false ³  to God above.

Ge 18:25; De 17:2-7,9; Jos 24:23,27; Jud 11:27; Job 9:15; Job 23:7; Job 31:11; Ps 50:6; Pr 30:9; Tit 1:16; Heb 12:23; 2Pe 2:1; 1Jo 2:23; Jude 1:4

¹ tn Heb “it.”

² tn See v. 11 for the construction. In Deut 17:2ff. false worship of heavenly bodies is a capital offense. In this passage, Job is talking about just a momentary glance at the sun or moon and the brief lapse into a pagan thought. But it is still sin.

³ tn The verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash) in the Piel means “to deny.” The root meaning is “to deceive; to disappoint; to grow lean.” Here it means that he would have failed or proven unfaithful because his act would have been a denial of God.