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Job 31

New Century Version NCV

1 "But I made an agreement with my eyes not to look with desire at a girl.

2 What has God above promised for people?

3 It is ruin for evil people and disaster for those who do wrong.

4 God sees my ways and counts every step I take.

5 "If I have been dishonest or lied to others,

6 then let God weigh me on honest scales. Then he will know I have done nothing wrong.

7 If I have turned away from doing what is right, or my heart has been led by my eyes to do wrong, or my hands have been made unclean,

8 then let other people eat what I have planted, and let my crops be plowed up.

9 "If I have desired another woman or have waited at my neighbor's door for his wife,

10 then let my wife grind another man's grain, and let other men have sexual relations with her.

11 That would be shameful, a sin to be punished.

12 It is like a fire that burns and destroys; all I have done would be plowed up.

13 "If I have been unfair to my male and female slaves when they had a complaint against me,

14 how could I tell God what I did? What will I answer when he asks me to explain what I've done?

15 God made me in my mother's womb, and he also made them; the same God formed both of us in our mothers' wombs.

16 "I have never refused the appeals of the poor or let widows give up hope while looking for help.

17 I have not kept my food to myself but have given it to the orphans.

18 Since I was young, I have been like a father to the orphans. From my birth I guided the widows.

19 I have not let anyone die for lack of clothes or let a needy person go without a coat.

20 That person's heart blessed me, because I warmed him with the wool of my sheep.

21 I have never hurt an orphan even when I knew I could win in court.

22 If I have, then let my arm fall off my shoulder and be broken at the joint.

23 I fear destruction from God, and I fear his majesty, so I could not do such things.

24 "I have not put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security.'

25 I have not celebrated my great wealth or the riches my hands had gained.

26 I have not thought about worshiping the sun in its brightness nor admired the moon moving in glory

27 so that my heart was pulled away from God. My hand has never offered the sun and moon a kiss of worship.

28 If I had, these also would have been sins to be punished, because I would have been unfaithful to God.

29 "I have not been happy when my enemy fell or laughed when he had trouble.

30 I have not let my mouth sin by cursing my enemy's life.

31 The men of my house have always said, 'Everyone has eaten all he wants of Job's food.'

32 No stranger ever had to spend the night in the street, because I always let travelers stay in my home.

33 I have not hidden my sin as others do, secretly keeping my guilt to myself.

34 I was not so afraid of the crowd that I kept quiet and stayed inside because I feared being hated by other families.

35 ("How I wish a court would hear my case! Here I sign my name to show I have told the truth. Now let the Almighty answer me; let the one who accuses me write it down.

36 I would wear the writing on my shoulder; I would put it on like a crown.

37 I would explain to God every step I took, and I would come near to him like a prince.)

38 "If my land cries out against me and its plowed rows are not wet with tears,

39 if I have taken the land's harvest without paying or have broken the spirit of those who worked the land,

40 then let thorns come up instead of wheat, and let weeds come up instead of barley." The words of Job are finished.

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."