Text -- Job 31:28 (NET)

31:28 then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 31:28

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.