Job 31
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| 1 | “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin? | I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? | “I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman? | I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin? |
| 2 | For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high? | For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? | For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high? | For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high? |
| 3 | Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity? | Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? | Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity? | Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity? |
| 4 | Does He not see my ways and count my every step? | Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? | Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps? | Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps? |
| 5 | If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit, | If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; | “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit | If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit |
| 6 | let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity. | Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. | (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity); | (Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity); |
| 7 | If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands, | 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; | if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands, | If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands: |
| 8 | then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. | Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. | then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out. | Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out. |
| 9 | If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door, | If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door; | “If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door, | If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door; |
| 10 | then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her. | Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. | then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her. | Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her. |
| 11 | For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged. | For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. | For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, | For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: |
| 12 | For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest. | For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. | for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase. | For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase. |
| 13 | If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me, | If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; | “If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me, | If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me; |
| 14 | what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account? | What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? | what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him? | What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? |
| 15 | Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb? | Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? | Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb? | Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? |
| 16 | If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail, | If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; | “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, | If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, |
| 17 | if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless— | Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; | or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it | Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof |
| 18 | though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow— | (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;) | (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb); | (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb); |
| 19 | if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak, | If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; | if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering; | If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering; |
| 20 | if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep, | If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; | if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece; | If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep; |
| 21 | if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate, | If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: | if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate; | If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate: |
| 22 | then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket. | Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. | then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone. | Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone. |
| 23 | For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower. | For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. | For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing. | For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing. |
| 24 | If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, | If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; | “If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’ | If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; |
| 25 | if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, | If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; | If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; | If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much; |
| 26 | if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, | If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; | if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor, | If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness, |
| 27 | so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, | And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: | and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth; | And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand: |
| 28 | this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high. | This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. | this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above. | This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above. |
| 29 | If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him— | If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: | “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him | If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him |
| 30 | I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse— | Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. | (I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse); | (Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse); |
| 31 | if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’— | If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. | if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’ | If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat? |
| 32 | but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler— | The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. | (the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler); | (The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller); |
| 33 | if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart, | If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: | if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart, | If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom, |
| 34 | because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside— | 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? | because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door— | Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door— |
| 35 | (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment. | Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. | oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment! | Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written! |
| 36 | Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown. | Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. | Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown. | Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown: |
| 37 | I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)— | I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. | I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince. | I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him. |
| 38 | if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, | If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; | If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together; | If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together; |
| 39 | if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants, | If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: | if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life, | If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: |
| 40 | then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job. | Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. | let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended. | Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. |