Parallel Bible results for "Job 31:22-32"

Job 31:22-32

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22 Go ahead, break both my arms, cut off all my fingers!
22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.
23 The fear of God has kept me from these things - how else could I ever face him? If Only Someone Would Give Me a Hearing!
23 For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.
24 "Did I set my heart on making big money or worship at the bank?
24 “If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’
25 Did I boast about my wealth, show off because I was well-off?
25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained,
26 Was I ever so awed by the sun's brilliance and moved by the moon's beauty
26 if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
27 That I let myself become seduced by them and worshiped them on the sly?
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,
28 If so, I would deserve the worst of punishments, for I would be betraying God himself.
28 then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
29 "Did I ever crow over my enemy's ruin? Or gloat over my rival's bad luck?
29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him—
30 No, I never said a word of detraction, never cursed them, even under my breath.
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—
31 "Didn't those who worked for me say, 'He fed us well. There were always second helpings'?
31 if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’—
32 And no stranger ever had to spend a night in the street; my doors were always open to travelers.
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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