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1 I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
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"I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin?
2 For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
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What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
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Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity?
4 Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
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Does he not see my ways, and number all my steps?
5 If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
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"If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit—
6 Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
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let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!—
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:
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if my step has turned aside from the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, and if any spot has clung to my hands;
8 Then let me sow and let another reap: and let my offspring be rooted out.
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then let me sow, and another eat; and let what grows for me be rooted out.
9 If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend’s door:
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"If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door;
10 Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
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then let my wife grind for another, and let other men kneel over her.
11 For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.
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For that would be a heinous crime; that would be a criminal offense;
12 It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
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for that would be a fire consuming down to Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my harvest.
13 If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:
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"If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me;
14 For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?
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what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?
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Did not he who made me in the womb make them? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
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"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:
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or have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it—
18 (For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother’s womb:)
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for from my youth I reared the orphan like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow —
19 If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:
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if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or a poor person without covering,
20 If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:
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whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
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if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate;
22 Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.
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then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.
23 For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was unable to bear.
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For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
24 If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:
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"If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence;
25 If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.
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if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much;
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined and the moon going in brightness:
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if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,
27 And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with, my mouth:
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and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand;
28 Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.
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this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I should have been false to God above.
29 If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.
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"If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook them—
30 For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
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I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse—
31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
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if those of my tent ever said, "O that we might be sated with his flesh!' —
32 The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.
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the stranger has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler—
33 If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.
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if I have concealed my transgressions as others do, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
34 If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.
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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 Who would grant me a hearing, that the Almighty may hear my desire: and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,
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O that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) O, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
36 That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
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Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown;
37 At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.
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I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him.
38 If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
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"If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together;
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the son of the tillers thereof:
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if I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners;
40 Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
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let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
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