Reference

Job 31:19

Destruction / Perishing Language Annihilation / Destruction

“If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;”

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

Counter-Arguments

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Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse describes people perishing due to lack of clothing, which is a physical hardship, not a consequence of wickedness as implied by the theme definition.

Annihilation / Destruction

The verse describes people perishing from lack of clothing, which implies death due to exposure or poverty, not as a result of divine judgment or the destruction of the wicked. The context is Job's self-defense regarding his own righteousness and care for the poor.

Destruction / Perishing Language

Related Verses

Job 31:16

“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;”

Job 31:21

“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:”

Job 30:25

“Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?”

Job 31:39

“If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:”

Job 29:16

“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”

Thematic Connections

Destruction / Perishing Language Annihilation / Destruction

Private Study Note

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