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1 I've made a covenant with my eyes; how could I look at a virgin?
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1 "I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl.
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2 What is God's portion for me from above, the Almighty's inheritance 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 Isn't it disaster for the wicked, destruction for 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 Doesn't he see my ways, 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 frauds or my feet have hurried 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 him weigh me on accurate scales; let God know my 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 has turned from the way, if my heart has followed my eyes or a blemish has clung to my 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 another reap; let my offspring be uprooted.
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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 my heart has been drawn to a woman and I have lurked at my neighbor'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 may my wife grind for another and others kneel over 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 that's a crime; it's a punishable offense;
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11 For that would have been shameful, a sin to be judged.
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12 indeed, it's a fire that consumes to the underworld, uprooting all my harvest.
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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've rejected the just cause of my male or female servant 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 could I do when God rises; when he requires an account, what could I answer?
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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 Didn't the one who made me in the belly make them; didn't the same 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 denied what the poor wanted, made a widow's eyes tired,
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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 eaten my morsel alone, and not shared any with an orphan
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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 I raised the orphan as a father, and from my mother's womb I led the widow);
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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 ever saw someone dying without clothes, the needy naked;
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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 they haven't blessed me fervently, or if they weren't warmed by the wool from 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 my hand against the orphans, when I saw that I had help in the city 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 may my arm fall from my shoulder, my forearm be broken at the elbow—
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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 God's calamity is terror to me; I couldn't endure his splendor.
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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've made gold my trust, said to fine gold: "My security!"
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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've rejoiced because my wealth was great, when my hand found plenty;
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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've looked at the sun when it shone, the moon, splendid as it moved;
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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 mind has been secretly enticed, and threw a kiss with 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 that also is a punishable offense, because I would then be disloyal to God 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 have rejoiced over my foes' ruin or was excited when evil found them,
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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 I didn't let my mouth sin by asking for their life with a curse.
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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 Surely those in my tent never said: "Who has been filled by Job's food?"
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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 A stranger didn't spend the night in the street; I opened my doors to the road.
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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 have hidden my transgressions like Adam, concealing my offenses inside me
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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 because I feared the large crowd; the clan's contempt frightened me; I was quiet and didn't venture outside.
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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 I had someone to hear me! Here's my signature; let the Almighty respond, and let my accuser write an indictment.
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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 bear it on my shoulder, tie it around me like a wreath.
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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 give him an account of my steps, approach him like a prince.
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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 has cried out against me, its rows wept together;
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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 its yield without payment and caused its owners grief,
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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 may briars grow instead of wheat, poisonous weeds instead of barley. Job's words are complete.
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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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