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1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
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"I made a covenant with my eyes not to let them lust after any girl.
2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
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"What share does God give from above? What is the heritage from Shaddai on high?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
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Isn't it calamity to the unrighteous? disaster to those who do evil?
4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
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Doesn't he see my ways and count all my steps?
5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
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"If I have gone along with falsehood, if my feet have hurried to deceit;
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
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then let me be weighed on an honest scale, so that God will know my integrity.
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
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"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 let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
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then let me sow and someone else eat, let what grows from my fields be uprooted.
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
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"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 unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
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then let my wife grind for another man, and let others kneel on her.
11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
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For that would be a heinous act, a criminal offense,
12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
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a fire that would burn to the depths of Abaddon, uprooting all I produce.
13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
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"If I ever rejected my slave or slave-girl's cause, when they brought legal action against me;
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
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then what would I do if God stood up? Were he to intervene, what answer could I give?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
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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 have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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"If I held back anything needed by the poor or made a widow's eye grow dim [with tears],
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
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or ate my portion of food by myself, without letting the orphan eat any of it
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
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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 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
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or if I saw a traveler needing clothing, someone in need who had no covering,
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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who didn't bless me from his heart for being warmed with the fleece from my sheep,
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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or if I lifted my hand against an orphan, knowing that no one would dare charge me in court;
22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
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then let my arm fall from its socket, and let my forearm be broken at the elbow!
23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
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For calamity from God has always terrified me; before his majesty I could never do a thing [like that].
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
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"If I made gold my hope, if I said to fine gold, 'You are my security,'
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
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if I took joy in my great wealth, in my having acquired so much;
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
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or if, on seeing the shining sun or the full moon as it moved through the sky,
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
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my heart was secretly seduced, so that I would wave them a kiss with my hand;
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
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then this too would be a criminal offense, for I would have been lying to God on high.
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
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"Did I rejoice at the destruction of him who hated me? Was I filled with glee when disaster overtook him?
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
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No, I did not allow my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.
31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
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"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 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
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No stranger had to sleep in the street; I kept my house open to the traveler.
33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
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"If I concealed my sins, as most people do, by hiding my wrongdoing in my heart,
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
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from fear of general gossip or dread of some family's contempt. keeping silent and not going outdoors
35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
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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 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
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I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown.
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
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I would declare to him every one of my steps; I would approach him like a prince.
38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
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"If my land cried out against me, if its furrows wept together,
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
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if I ate its produce without paying or made its owners despair;
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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then let thistles grow instead of wheat and noxious weeds instead of barley! "The words of Iyov are finished."