- Job 31:1 may belong at a later point in Job 31 and appears out of context here. Nevertheless, what moral principle is Job alluding to here?
- What is his complaint about God’s justice (Job 31:2-4, Job 31:6)?
- What other moral principles has Job scrupulously obeyed (Job 31:5, Job 31:7, Job 31:9, Job 31:13, Job 31:16, Job 31:17, Job 31:19-20, Job 31:32, Job 31:38-39)? (It is suggested that the entire chapter be read as a unit, then reviewed verse by verse.)
- What is the force of the declarations in Job 31:8-10, Job 31:22, Job 31:40?
- What is the penalty for debauchery (Job 31:11-12)? Compare Deuteronomy 22:22.
- What are the antecedents of “him” and “us both” in Job 31:15? What does this verse tell us about Job’s view of his fellow human beings?
- Job 31:16-20 are reminiscent of what well-know prophecy? See Isaiah 58:7.
- What is the “criminal offense” in Job 31:26-27? How does it differ from the other offenses which Job enumerates?
- Of what other Biblical teaching is Job 31:29 reminiscent? See Proverbs 24:17.
- What is the point of the parenthetical remark (Job 31:31)?
- What was Adam’s transgression (Job 31:33)? See Genesis 3.
- What does not stepping outdoors imply (Job 31:34)?
- What, in essence, is Job asking for in Job 31:35?
- What is he implying in Job 31:37?
