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Job 31

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 "I made a covenant with my eyes not to let them lust after any girl.

2 "What share does God give from above? What is the heritage from Shaddai on high?

3 Isn't it calamity to the unrighteous? disaster to those who do evil?

4 Doesn't he see my ways and count all my steps?

5 "If I have gone along with falsehood, if my feet have hurried to deceit;

6 then let me be weighed on an honest scale, so that God will know my integrity.

7 "If my steps have wandered from the way, if my heart has followed my eyes, if the least dirt has stuck to my hands;

8 then let me sow and someone else eat, let what grows from my fields be uprooted.

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

10 then let my wife grind for another man, and let others kneel on her.

11 For that would be a heinous act, a criminal offense,

12 a fire that would burn to the depths of Abaddon, uprooting all I produce.

13 "If I ever rejected my slave or slave-girl's cause, when they brought legal action against me;

14 then what would I do if God stood up? Were he to intervene, what answer could I give?

15 Didn't he who made me in the womb make them too? Didn't the same one shape us both before our birth?

16 "If I held back anything needed by the poor or made a widow's eye grow dim [with tears],

17 or ate my portion of food by myself, without letting the orphan eat any of it

18 No! From my youth he grew up with me as if with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb!

19 or if I saw a traveler needing clothing, someone in need who had no covering,

20 who didn't bless me from his heart for being warmed with the fleece from my sheep,

21 or if I lifted my hand against an orphan, knowing that no one would dare charge me in court;

22 then let my arm fall from its socket, and let my forearm be broken at the elbow!

23 For calamity from God has always terrified me; before his majesty I could never do a thing [like that].

24 "If I made gold my hope, if I said to fine gold, 'You are my security,'

25 if I took joy in my great wealth, in my having acquired so much;

26 or if, on seeing the shining sun or the full moon as it moved through the sky,

27 my heart was secretly seduced, so that I would wave them a kiss with my hand;

28 then this too would be a criminal offense, for I would have been lying to God on high.

29 "Did I rejoice at the destruction of him who hated me? Was I filled with glee when disaster overtook him?

30 No, I did not allow my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

31 "Was there anyone in my tent who didn't say, 'No one can find a single person whom he has not filled with his meat'?

32 No stranger had to sleep in the street; I kept my house open to the traveler.

33 "If I concealed my sins, as most people do, by hiding my wrongdoing in my heart,

34 from fear of general gossip or dread of some family's contempt. keeping silent and not going outdoors

35 I wish I had someone who would listen to me! Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me! I wish I had the indictment my adversary has written!

36 I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown.

37 I would declare to him every one of my steps; I would approach him like a prince.

38 "If my land cried out against me, if its furrows wept together,

39 if I ate its produce without paying or made its owners despair;

40 then let thistles grow instead of wheat and noxious weeds instead of barley! "The words of Iyov are finished."

New Living Translation NLT

1 “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.

2 For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?

3 Isn’t it calamity for the wicked and misfortune for those who do evil?

4 Doesn’t he see everything I do and every step I take?

5 “Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone?

6 Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.

7 If I have strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin,

8 then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted.

9 “If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife,

10 then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her.

11 For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.

12 It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own.

13 “If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me,

14 how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me?

15 For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb.

16 “Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows?

17 Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans?

18 No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father, and all my life I have cared for widows.

19 Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes and the needy with nothing to wear,

20 did they not praise me for providing wool clothing to keep them warm?

21 “If I raised my hand against an orphan, knowing the judges would take my side,

22 then let my shoulder be wrenched out of place! Let my arm be torn from its socket!

23 That would be better than facing God’s judgment. For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there?

24 “Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?

25 Have I gloated about my wealth and all that I own?

26 “Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway,

27 and been secretly enticed in my heart to throw kisses at them in worship?

28 If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.

29 “Have I ever rejoiced when disaster struck my enemies, or become excited when harm came their way?

30 No, I have never sinned by cursing anyone or by asking for revenge.

31 “My servants have never said, ‘He let others go hungry.’

32 I have never turned away a stranger but have opened my doors to everyone.

33 “Have I tried to hide my sins like other people do, concealing my guilt in my heart?

34 Have I feared the crowd or the contempt of the masses, so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors?

35 “If only someone would listen to me! Look, I will sign my name to my defense. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out the charges against me.

36 I would face the accusation proudly. I would wear it like a crown.

37 For I would tell him exactly what I have done. I would come before him like a prince.

38 “If my land accuses me and all its furrows cry out together,

39 or if I have stolen its crops or murdered its owners,

40 then let thistles grow on that land instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley.” Job’s words are ended.