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Job 31

Common English Bible CEB

1 I've made a covenant with my eyes; how could I look at a virgin?

2 What is God's portion for me from above, the Almighty's inheritance from on high?

3 Isn't it disaster for the wicked, destruction for workers of iniquity?

4 Doesn't he see my ways, count all my steps?

5 If I have walked with frauds or my feet have hurried to deceit,

6 let him weigh me on accurate scales; let God know my integrity.

7 If my step has turned from the way, if my heart has followed my eyes or a blemish has clung to my hands,

8 then let me sow and another reap; let my offspring be uprooted.

9 If my heart has been drawn to a woman and I have lurked at my neighbor's door,

10 then may my wife grind for another and others kneel over her;

11 for that's a crime; it's a punishable offense;

12 indeed, it's a fire that consumes to the underworld, uprooting all my harvest.

13 If I've rejected the just cause of my male or female servant when they contended with me,

14 what could I do when God rises; when he requires an account, what could I answer?

15 Didn't the one who made me in the belly make them; didn't the same one fashion us in the womb?

16 If I have denied what the poor wanted, made a widow's eyes tired,

17 eaten my morsel alone, and not shared any with an orphan

18 (for from my youth I raised the orphan as a father, and from my mother's womb I led the widow);

19 if I ever saw someone dying without clothes, the needy naked;

20 if they haven't blessed me fervently, or if they weren't warmed by the wool from my sheep;

21 if I have lifted my hand against the orphans, when I saw that I had help in the city gate—

22 may my arm fall from my shoulder, my forearm be broken at the elbow—

23 for God's calamity is terror to me; I couldn't endure his splendor.

24 If I've made gold my trust, said to fine gold: "My security!"

25 if I've rejoiced because my wealth was great, when my hand found plenty;

26 if I've looked at the sun when it shone, the moon, splendid as it moved;

27 and my mind has been secretly enticed, and threw a kiss with my hand,

28 that also is a punishable offense, because I would then be disloyal to God above.

29 If I have rejoiced over my foes' ruin or was excited when evil found them,

30 I didn't let my mouth sin by asking for their life with a curse.

31 Surely those in my tent never said: "Who has been filled by Job's food?"

32 A stranger didn't spend the night in the street; I opened my doors to the road.

33 If I have hidden my transgressions like Adam, concealing my offenses inside me

34 because I feared the large crowd; the clan's contempt frightened me; I was quiet and didn't venture outside.

35 Oh, that I had someone to hear me! Here's my signature; let the Almighty respond, and let my accuser write an indictment.

36 Surely I would bear it on my shoulder, tie it around me like a wreath.

37 I would give him an account of my steps, approach him like a prince.

38 If my land has cried out against me, its rows wept together;

39 if I have eaten its yield without payment and caused its owners grief,

40 may briars grow instead of wheat, poisonous weeds instead of barley. Job's words are complete.

New International Version NIV

1 “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.

2 For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?

3 Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?

4 Does he not see my ways and count my every step?

5 “If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit—

6 let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless—

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,

8 then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

9 “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

10 then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her.

11 For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged.

12 It is a fire that burns to Destruction ; it would have uprooted my harvest.

13 “If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,

14 what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?

15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?

16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,

17 if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless—

18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would, and from my birth I guided the widow—

19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments,

20 and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep,

21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,

22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.

23 For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.

24 “If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’

25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained,

26 if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

27 so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,

28 then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.

29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him—

30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—

31 if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’—

32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler—

33 if I have concealed my sin as people do,by hiding my guilt in my heart

34 because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside—

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.

36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.

37 I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him as to a ruler.)—

38 “if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,

39 if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

40 then let briers come up instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.