Verse Comparison: Job 31:12
American Standard Version
For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
Amplified® Bible
For [uncontrolled passion] is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (to destruction, ruin, and the place of final torment); [that fire once lighted would rage until all is consumed] and would burn to the root all my [life's] increase.
Contemporary English Version
sending me to destruction and my crops to the flames.
Darby English Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Good News Bible
It would be like a destructive, hellish fire, consuming everything I have.
King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
New American Standard Bible
"For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase.
New International Version
It is a fire that burns to Destruction ;
it would have uprooted my harvest.
New King James Version
For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction,
And would root out all my increase.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For fire would consume Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase.
Revised Standard Version
for that would be a fire which consumes unto Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.
Young's Literal Translation
For a fire it `is', to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,
