Job 31:10-20

10 ¡que mi esposa muela el grano de otro hombre,y que otros hombres se acuesten con ella!

11 Eso habría sido una infamia,¡un pecado que tendría que ser juzgado!

12 ¡Habría sido un incendio destructor!¡Habría arrancado mi cosecha de raíz!

13 »Si me negué a hacerles justiciaa mis siervos y a mis siervascuando tuvieron queja contra mí,

14 ¿qué haré cuando Dios me llame a cuentas?¿qué responderé cuando me haga comparecer?

15 El mismo Dios que me formó en el vientrefue el que los formó también a ellos;nos dio forma en el seno materno.

16 »Jamás he desoído los ruegos de los pobres,ni he dejado que las viudas desfallezcan;

17 jamás el pan me lo he comido solo,sin querer compartirlo con los huérfanos.

18 Desde mi juventud he sido un padre para ellos;a las viudas las he guiado desde mi nacimiento.

19 Si he dejado que alguien muera por falta de vestido,o que un necesitado no tenga qué ponerse;

20 si este no me ha bendecido de corazónpor haberlo abrigado con lana de mis rebaños;

Job 31:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 31

In this chapter Job gives an account of himself in private life, of the integrity and uprightness of his life, and his holy walk and conversation, with this view, that it might be thought that the afflictions which were upon him were not on account of a vicious course of life he had indulged unto, as was suggested; and he clears himself from various crimes which it might be insinuated he was guilty of, as from unchastity; and he observes the method he took to prevent his falling into it, and the reasons that dissuaded him from it, Job 31:1-4; from injustice in his dealings with men, Job 31:5-8; from the sin of adultery, Job 31:9-12; from ill usage of his servants, Job 31:13-15; from unkindness to the poor, which he enlarges upon, and gives many instances of his charity to them, Job 31:16-23; from covetousness, and a vain confidence in wealth, Job 31:24,25; from idolatry, the worship of the sun and moon, Job 31:26-28; from a revengeful spirit, Job 31:29-31; and from inhospitality to strangers, Job 31:32; from covering his sin, Job 31:33; and fear of men, Job 31:34; and then wishes his cause might be heard before God, Job 31:35-37; and the chapter is closed with an imprecation on his head if guilty of any injustice, Job 31:38-40.