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Job 31

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

2 For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

3 Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

4 Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

5 If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;

6 (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

7 If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

8 Let me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted.

9 If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;

10 Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

11 For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:

12 It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.

13 If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;

14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

15 Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?

16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

18 (For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)

19 If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;

20 If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;

21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

22 May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

23 For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

24 If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

25 If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;

26 If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,

27 A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

28 That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

29 If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

30 (For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

31 If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?

32 The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;

33 If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,

34 For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;

35 If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

36 Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

37 I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.

38 If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

39 If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;

40 Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.

Good News Translation GNT

1 I have made a solemn promise never to look with lust at a woman.

2 What does Almighty God do to us? How does he repay human deeds?

3 He sends disaster and ruin to those who do wrong.

4 God knows everything I do; he sees every step I take.

5 I swear I have never acted wickedly and never tried to deceive others.

6 Let God weigh me on honest scales, and he will see how innocent I am.

7 If I have turned from the right path or let myself be attracted to evil, if my hands are stained with sin,

8 then let my crops be destroyed, or let others eat the food I grow.

9 If I have been attracted to my neighbor's wife, and waited, hidden, outside her door,

10 then let my wife cook another man's food and sleep in another man's bed.

11 Such wickedness should be punished by death.

12 It would be like a destructive, hellish fire, consuming everything I have.

13 When any of my servants complained against me, I would listen and treat them fairly.

14 If I did not, how could I then face God? What could I say when God came to judge me?

15 The same God who created me created my servants also.

16 I have never refused to help the poor; never have I let widows live in despair

17 or let orphans go hungry while I ate.

18 All my life I have taken care of them.

19 When I found someone in need, too poor to buy clothes,

20 I would give him clothing made of wool that had come from my own flock of sheep. Then he would praise me with all his heart.

21 If I have ever cheated an orphan, knowing I could win in court,

22 then may my arms be broken; may they be torn from my shoulders.

23 Because I fear God's punishment, I could never do such a thing.

24 I have never trusted in riches

25 or taken pride in my wealth.

26 I have never worshiped the sun in its brightness or the moon in all its beauty.

27 I have not been led astray to honor them by kissing my hand in reverence to them.

28 Such a sin should be punished by death; it denies Almighty God.

29 I have never been glad when my enemies suffered, or pleased when they met with disaster;

30 I never sinned by praying for their death.

31 All those who work for me know that I have always welcomed strangers.

32 I invited travelers into my home and never let them sleep in the streets.

33 Others try to hide their sins, but I have never concealed mine.

34 I have never feared what people would say; I have never kept quiet or stayed indoors because I feared their scorn.

35 Will no one listen to what I am saying? I swear that every word is true. Let Almighty God answer me. If the charges my opponent brings against me were written down so that I could see them,

36 I would wear them proudly on my shoulder and place them on my head like a crown.

37 I would tell God everything I have done, and hold my head high in his presence.

38 If I have stolen the land I farm and taken it from its rightful owners -

39 if I have eaten the food that grew there but let the farmers that grew it starve -

40 then instead of wheat and barley, may weeds and thistles grow. The words of Job are ended.