Job - Chapter 31 | New King James Version

  • 1. "I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?
  • 2. For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
  • 3. Is it not destruction for the wicked, And disaster for the workers of iniquity?
  • 4. Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps?
  • 5. "If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,
  • 6. Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity.
  • 7. If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands,
  • 8. Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out.
  • 9. "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,
  • 10. Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her.
  • 11. For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment.
  • 12. For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.
  • 13. "If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me,
  • 14. What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?
  • 15. Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
  • 16. "If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
  • 17. Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it
  • 18. (But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother's womb I guided the widow*);
  • 19. If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man without covering;
  • 20. If his heart {cf2super [44]} has not blessed me, And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
  • 21. If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate;
  • 22. Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket.
  • 23. For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.
  • 24. "If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, 'You are my confidence';
  • 25. If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much;
  • 26. If I have observed the sun {cf2super [45]} when it shines, Or the moon moving in brightness,
  • 27. So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;
  • 28. This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above.
  • 29. "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him
  • 30. (Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul);
  • 31. If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?'
  • 32. (But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler*);
  • 33. If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
  • 34. Because I feared the great multitude, And dreaded the contempt of families, So that I kept silence And did not go out of the door--
  • 35. Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor had written a book!
  • 36. Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me like a crown;
  • 37. I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him.
  • 38. "If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;
  • 39. If I have eaten its fruit {cf2super [46]} without money, Or caused its owners to lose their lives;
  • 40. Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, And weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
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