Job 31:28
Modern Translations
New International Version
then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.

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

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

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

New American Standard Bible
That too would have been a guilty deed calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.

NASB 1995
That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.

NASB 1977
That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.

Amplified Bible
This also would have been [a heinous] sin calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.

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

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

Contemporary English Version
Such horrible sins would have deserved punishment from God.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
then that, too, would be a criminal offense, and I would have denied God above.

International Standard Version
this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above."

NET Bible
then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

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

King James 2000 Bible
This also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

New Heart English Bible
this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

World English Bible
this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

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

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

A Faithful Version
This also would be an iniquity for the judges to punish; for I would have lied to God who is above.

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

English Revised Version
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: for I should have lied to God that is above.

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

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
(This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue.)

Coverdale Bible of 1535
(that were a wickednesse worthy to be punyshed, for then shulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue.)
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
It also [is] a judicial iniquity, "" For I had lied to God above.

Young's Literal Translation
It also is a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.

Smith's Literal Translation
Also this an iniquity for the judges: for I lied to God from above.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.

Catholic Public Domain Version
which is a very great iniquity and a denial against the most high God;

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Also he sees all my devices, if I have lied before God

Lamsa Bible
Then God has seen my crafty ways, and I have lied before him.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have lied to God that is above.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I should have lied against the Lord Most High.
















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