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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 King James Version NKJV

1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?

2 For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

3 Is it not destruction for the wicked, And disaster for the workers of iniquity?

4 Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps?

5 "If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,

6 Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity.

7 If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands,

8 Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out.

9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,

10 Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her.

11 For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment.

12 For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.

13 "If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me,

14 What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?

15 Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?

16 "If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17 Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it

18 (But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother's womb I guided the widow);

19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man without covering;

20 If his heart has not blessed me, And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21 If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate;

22 Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket.

23 For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.

24 "If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, 'You are my confidence';

25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much;

26 If I have observed the sun when it shines, Or the moon moving in brightness,

27 So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;

28 This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above.

29 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him

30 (Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul);

31 If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?'

32 (But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler);

33 If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

34 Because I feared the great multitude, And dreaded the contempt of families, So that I kept silence And did not go out of the door--

35 Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor had written a book!

36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me like a crown;

37 I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him.

38 "If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;

39 If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or caused its owners to lose their lives;

40 Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, And weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.