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Job 31

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 "I made a covenant with my eyes, so how could I look closely upon a virgin?

2 And what [is] the portion of God from above or the heritage of Shaddai from on high?

3 Is not disaster for [the] evil one and ruin for [the] workers of mischief?

4 Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?

5 "If I have walked with falseness, and my foot has hastened to deceit,

6 let him weigh me in [the] balance of justice, and let God know my blamelessness.

7 If my steps have turned aside from the way, and my heart has walked after my eyes, and my hand has clung to a spot,

8 let me sow, and let another eat, and let my crops be rooted out.

9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and at my neighbor's doorway I have lain in wait,

10 let my wife grind for another, and let other [men] kneel over her,

11 for that [is] a shameful act, and that [is] {a criminal offense}.

12 Indeed, that [is] a fire that will consume up to Abaddon, and it would uproot all my crop.

13 "If I have rejected my male or female slave's case when their complaint [was] against me,

14 then what shall I do when God rises up? And when he enquires, how shall I answer him?

15 Did not he [who] made me in the womb make them? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

16 "If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,

17 or I have eaten my morsel {alone}, and [the] orphan has not eaten from it

18 (for from my childhood he {grew up with} me like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided her),

19 if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor,

20 if his loins have not blessed me, or by means of my sheep's fleece he has warmed himself,

21 if I have raised my hand against an orphan because I saw my supporters at the gate,

22 [then] let my shoulder blade fall from [my] shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.

23 Indeed, the disaster from God [was] a dread for me, and {I was powerless} because of his majesty.

24 "If I have made gold my trust, or I have called fine gold my security,

25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth [was] great or because my hand found a fortune,

26 if I looked at [the] sun when it shone or [at the] moon moving [in] splendor,

27 and {I was secretly enticed}, and {my hand threw them a kiss},

28 this also [is] an iniquity [to be] judged, for I have deceived God above.

29 "If I have rejoiced at [the] ruin of [the one who] hated me or have exulted when evil overtook him--

30 no, I have not allowed my mouth to sin, to ask his life with a curse.

31 {Have the people of my tent not said}, '{O that} someone had not been satisfied with his meat'?

32 An alien has not lodged in the street; I have opened my door to the traveler.

33 {Have I concealed} my transgressions as [other] human beings to hide my iniquity in my bosom

34 because I dreaded [the] great multitude, and [the] contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept quiet, I did not go out of [the] doorway?

35 {O that} {I had} someone hearing me! Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me! {As for} [the] written communication [that] {my adversary} has written,

36 I would {surely} carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me [like] a crown.

37 I would give him an account of my steps; I would approach him like a noble.

38 If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together,

39 if I have eaten its yield without payment, or I have caused [the] breath of its owners to die,

40 let thorns grow in place of wheat and noxious weeds in place of barley." The words of Job are ended.

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.