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Job 31

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I look at a young woman?

2 For what portion [would I have] from God above, or [what] inheritance from the Almighty on high?

3 Doesn't disaster come to the wicked and misfortune to evildoers?

4 Does He not see my ways and number all my steps?

5 If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

6 let God weigh me with an accurate balance, and He will recognize my integrity.

7 If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands,

8 let someone else eat what I have sown, and let my crops be uprooted.

9 If my heart has been seduced by [my neighbor's] wife or I have lurked at his door,

10 let my own wife grind [grain] for another man, and let other men sleep with her.

11 For that would be a disgrace; it would be a crime deserving punishment.

12 For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon; it would destroy my entire harvest.

13 If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants when they made a complaint against me,

14 what could I do when God stands up [to judge]? How should I answer Him when He calls [me] to account?

15 Did not the One who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same God form us both in the womb?

16 If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow's eyes go blind,

17 if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it-

18 for from my youth, I raised him as [his] father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow-

19 if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing or a needy person without a cloak,

20 if he did not bless me while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

21 if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the [city] gate,

22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my back, and my arm be pulled from its socket.

23 For disaster from God terrifies me, and because of His majesty I could not do [these things].

24 If I placed my confidence in gold or called fine gold my trust,

25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great or because my own hand has acquired [so] much,

26 if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor,

27 so that my heart was secretly enticed and I threw them a kiss,

28 this would also be a crime deserving punishment, for I would have denied God above.

29 Have I rejoiced over my enemy's distress, or become excited when trouble came his way?

30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

31 Haven't the members of my household said, "Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job's table?"

32 No stranger had to spend the night on the street, for I opened my door to the traveler.

33 Have I covered my transgressions as others do by hiding my guilt in my heart,

34 because I greatly feared the crowds, and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so I grew silent and would not go outside?

35 If only I had someone to hear my [case]! Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me. Let my Opponent compose [His] indictment.

36 I would surely carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

37 I would give Him an account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.

38 If my land cries out against me and its furrows join in weeping,

39 if I have consumed its produce without payment or shown contempt for its tenants,

40 then let thorns grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are concluded.

English Standard Version ESV

1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?

2 What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high?

3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity?

4 Does not he see my ways and number all my steps?

5 “If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit;

6 (Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity! )

7 if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands,

8 then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me be rooted out.

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, and let others bow down on her.

11 For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;

12 for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.

13 “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,

14 what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

15 Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

16 “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

18 (for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow),

19 if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering,

20 if his body 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, because I saw my help in the gate,

22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.

23 For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.

24 “If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,

25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,

26 if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,

27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,

28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.

29 “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him

30 ( I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse),

31 if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat? ’

32 ( the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler),

33 if I have concealed my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

34 because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—

35 Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! )Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!

36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown;

37 I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him.

38 “If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together,

39 if I have eaten its yield without payment and made its owners breathe their last,

40 let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley. ”The words of Job are ended.