Job 31:9, 12 | JFB | STEP | 9-12. Job asserts his innocence of adultery. deceived —hath let itself be seduced ( ). laid wait

Job 31:9

9-12. Job asserts his innocence of adultery.

deceived—hath let itself be seduced (Pr 7:8; Ge 39:7-12).

laid wait—until the husband went out.

12. (Pr 6:27-35; 8:6-23, 26, 27). No crime more provokes God to send destruction as a consuming fire; none so desolates the soul.