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Job|31:1|-|I made a covenant with my eyes;How then can I |a|gaze upon a virgin?
Job|31:2|-|What then is the portion from God above,Or the inheritance of the Almighty on high?
Job|31:3|-|Is it not calamity for the unjustAnd misfortune for the workers of iniquity?
Job|31:4|-|Does He not see my waysAnd count all my steps?
Job|31:5|-|If I have walked with falsehood,And my foot has hastened after deceit—
Job|31:6|-|Let Him weigh me in a righteous |a|balance,And let God know my |b|integrity—
Job|31:7|-|If my step has turned from the way,And my heart has gone after my own eyes,
And if any spot has stuck to my hands;
Job|31:8|-|May I sow and another eat;Indeed may my produce be rooted up.
Job|31:9|-|If my heart has been enticed into following after a woman,Or I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door;
Job|31:10|-|May my wife grind for another,And may others kneel over her.
Job|31:11|-|For that would have been a heinous act,And it would be wickedness, to be punished by the judges.
Job|31:12|-|For it is a fire that devours to |1|AbaddonAnd would root up all my increase.
Job|31:13|-|If I have despised the cause of my servant or my maidWhen they contended with me,
Job|31:14|-|What then will I do when God rises up?And when He visits me, what will I answer Him?
Job|31:15|-|Did not He who made me in the |a|womb make him?And was it not One who fashioned us in the womb?
Job|31:16|-|If I have withheld the poor from their desire,Or have let the eyes of the widow fail,
Job|31:17|-|Or have eaten my morsel aloneWithout the orphan eating of it—
Job|31:18|-|Rather, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,And from my mother’s womb I guided |1|the widow—
Job|31:19|-|If I have seen someone perishing from |a|lack of clothingOr that the needy had no covering;
Job|31:20|-|If his loins have not blessed me,And he has not been made warm with the fleece of my sheep;
Job|31:21|-|If I have raised my hand against the orphanBecause I saw that I had support among those in the gate;
Job|31:22|-|May my shoulder blade fall from the shoulder,And may my arm be broken at the elbow.
Job|31:23|-|For calamity from God is dreadful to me,And because of His majesty I can do nothing.
Job|31:24|-|If I have made gold my |a|hope,And have called fine gold my confidence;
Job|31:25|-|If I have rejoiced because my wealth was greatAnd because my hand had acquired much;
Job|31:26|-|If I have looked at the sun when it shoneOr the moon going on in splendor,
Job|31:27|-|And my heart has been secretly enticed,And my mouth has kissed my hand;
Job|31:28|-|It too would be wickedness, to be punished by the judges,For I would have denied God above.
Job|31:29|-|If I have rejoiced at the misfortune of him who hated me,Or have exulted when evil found him—
Job|31:30|-|Rather, I have not allowed my mouth to sinBy asking for his life with a curse—
Job|31:31|-|If the men of my tent have not said,Who can find one who has not been filled with |1|our master’s meat?—
Job|31:32|-|The sojourner has not lodged in the street;I have opened my doors to the highway—
Job|31:33|-|If I have |a|covered my transgressions |1|as |b|Adam didBy hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
Job|31:34|-|Because I so dreaded the great multitude,And the contempt of the families so frightened me,
That I was silent and did not go out my door—
Job|31:35|-|Oh, that I had someone to hear me!Here is my signature! Let the Almighty |a|answer me.
And let my accuser write up the charge.
Job|31:36|-|Surely I would carry |1|it on my shoulder;I would bind it onto me like a crown;
Job|31:37|-|I would declare to Him the number of my steps;Like a prince I would approach Him!
Job|31:38|-|If my land cries out against me,And its furrows weep together;
Job|31:39|-|If I have eaten its strength without money,And have caused its owners to lose their life;
Job|31:40|-|May thorns come forth instead of wheat,And pungent weeds instead of barley.
The words of Job are |1|ended.
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