Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 31:11

11. For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the Judges .

To wit, Adultery, whether committed by choice and design, or by the sollicitation of the Woman, v. 9.

Heb an iniquity of the judges; i. e. which belongs to them to take cognizance of and to punish, and that with death, and that not only by the [illegible: 1+ letters]aw of Moses, Deut. 22. 22. but even by the Law of Nature, as appears from the known Laws and Customs of Heathen Nations in that case. See also Gen. 38. 24. This is opposed to those secret and lesser sins, which are only known to and punished by God.