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Job 31

Third Millennium Bible TMB

1 "I made a covenant with mine eyes. Why then should I think upon a maid?

2 For what portion from God is there from above, and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

3 Is not destruction for the wicked, and a strange punishment for the workers of iniquity?

4 Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps?

5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hastened to deceit,

6 let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine 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,

8 then let me sow and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

9 "If mine heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,

10 then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

13 "If I have despised the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant when they contended with me,

14 what then shall I do when God riseth up? And when He visiteth, what shall I answer Him?

15 Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb?

16 "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

17 or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

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);

19 if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

20 if his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate"

22 then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of His highness I could not endure.

24 "If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, `Thou art my confidence';

25 if I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

26 if I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness,

27 and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand--

28 this also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge, for I should have denied the God that is above.

29 "If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him,

30 neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

31 If the men of my tent said not, `Oh that we had of his flesh! We cannot be satisfied'.

32 The stranger did not lodge in the street, but I opened my doors to the traveler.

33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

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?

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!

36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

37 I would declare unto Him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto Him.

38 "If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain,

39 if I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life,

40 let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 "I have made an agreement with my eyes. Then how can I look with lust at a virgin?

2 What would God above do [to me]? What would be my inheritance from the Almighty on high?

3 Aren't there catastrophes for wicked people and disasters for those who do wrong?

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

5 "If I have walked with lies or my feet have run after deception,

6 [then] let God weigh me on honest scales, and he will know I have integrity.

7 "If my steps have left the [proper] path, or my heart has followed [the desire of] my eyes, or my hands are stained [with sin],

8 [then] let someone else eat what I have planted, and let my crops be uprooted.

9 "If I have been seduced by a woman or I have secretly waited near my neighbor's door,

10 [then] let my wife grind for another [man], and let other [men] kneel over her.

11 That would be a scandal, and that would be a criminal offense.

12 It would be a fire that burns even in Abaddon. It would uproot my entire harvest.

13 "If I have abused the rights of my servants, male or female, when they have disagreed with me,

14 then what could I do if God rises up? If he examines me, how could I answer him?

15 Didn't he who made me in my mother's belly make them? Didn't the same God form us in the womb?

16 "If I have refused the requests of the poor or made a widow's eyes stop [looking for help],

17 or have eaten my food alone without letting the orphan eat any of it....

18 (From my youth the orphan grew up with me as though I were his father, and from my birth I treated the widow kindly.)

19 If I have seen anyone die because he had no clothes or a poor person going naked....

20 (If his body didn't bless me, or the wool from my sheep didn't keep him warm....)

21 If I have shaken my fist at an orphan because I knew that others would back me up in court,

22 [then] let my shoulder fall out of its socket, and let my arm be broken at the elbow.

23 "A disaster from God terrifies me. In the presence of his majesty I can do nothing.

24 "If I put my confidence in gold or said to fine gold, 'I trust you'....

25 If I enjoyed being very rich because my hand had found great [wealth]....

26 If I saw the light shine or the moon move along in its splendor

27 so that my heart was secretly tempted, and I threw them a kiss with my hand,

28 then that, too, would be a criminal offense, and I would have denied God above.

29 "If I enjoyed the ruin of my enemy or celebrated when harm came to him

30 (even though I didn't speak sinfully by calling down a curse on his life)....

31 "If the people who were in my tent had said, 'We wish we had never filled [our stomachs] with his food'....

32 (The visitor never spent the night outside, because I opened my door to the traveler.)

33 "If I have covered my disobedience like Adam and kept my sin to myself,

34 because I dreaded the large, noisy crowd and because the contempt of the [local] mobs terrified me so that I kept quiet and didn't go outside....

35 "If only I had someone who would listen to me! Look, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me. Let the prosecutor write [his complaint] on a scroll.

36 I would certainly carry it on my shoulder and place it on my head like a crown.

37 I would tell him the number of my steps and approach him like a prince.

38 "If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept ....

39 If I have eaten its produce without paying for it and made its owners breathe their last,

40 [then] let it grow thistles instead of wheat, and foul-smelling weeds instead of barley." This is the end of Job's words.