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1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
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1 "I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl.
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2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
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2 For what is man's lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high?
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3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
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3 Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?
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4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
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4 Does he not see my ways and count my every step?
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5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
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5 "If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit--
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6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
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6 let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless--
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7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
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7 if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,
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8 Then let me sow , and let another eat ; yea, let my offspring be rooted out .
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8 then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
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9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
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9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,
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10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
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10 then may my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her.
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11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
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11 For that would have been shameful, a sin to be judged.
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12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
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12 It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest.
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13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
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13 "If I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants when they had a grievance against me,
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14 What then shall I do when God riseth up ? and when he visiteth , what shall I answer him?
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14 what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?
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15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
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15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?
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16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail ;
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16 "If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
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17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
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17 if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless--
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18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
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18 but from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my birth I guided the widow--
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19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
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19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a garment,
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20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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20 and his heart did not bless me for warming him with the fleece from my sheep,
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21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,
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22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
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22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.
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23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
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23 For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.
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24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
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24 "If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security,'
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25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
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25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained,
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26 If I beheld the sun when it shined , or the moon walking in brightness;
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26 if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
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27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed , or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
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27 so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,
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28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
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28 then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
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29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
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29 "If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him--
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30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
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30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against his life--
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31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied .
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31 if the men of my household have never said, 'Who has not had his fill of Job's meat?'--
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32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
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32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler--
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33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
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33 if I have concealed my sin as men do, by hiding my guilt in my heart
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34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence , and went not out of the door?
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34 because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside--
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35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
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35 ("Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense--let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
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36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
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36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.
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37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
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37 I would give him an account of my every step; like a prince I would approach him.)--
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38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain ;
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38 "if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,
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39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
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39 if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
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40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended .
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40 then let briers come up instead of wheat and weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
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