Job 31:1 "I made3772 a covenant1285 with my eyes,5869 how then should I look995 lustfully at a young woman?1330 cr 2 For what is the portion2506 from God433 above,4605 and the heritage5159 from the Almighty7706 on high?4791 cr 3 Is it not calamity343 to the unrighteous,5767 and disaster5235 to the workers6466 of iniquity?205 cr 4 Doesn't he see7200 my ways,1870 and number5608 all my steps?6806 cr

Job 31:5 "If I have walked1980 with falsehood,7723 and my foot7272 has hurried2363 to deceit4820 cr 6 (let me be weighed8254 in an even6664 balance,3976 that God433 may know3045 my integrity);8538 cr 7 if my step838 has turned out5186 of the way,1870 if my heart3820 walked1980 after310 my eyes,5869 if any defilement3971 has stuck1692 to my hands,3709 cr 8 then let me sow,2232 and let another312 eat.398 Yes, let the produce6631 of my field be rooted out.8327 cr

Job 31:9 "If my heart3820 has been enticed6601 to a woman,802 and I have laid wait693 at my neighbor's7453 door,6607 cr 10 then let my wife802 grind2912 for another,312 and let others312 sleep3766 with her. cr 11 For that would be a heinous crime.2154 Yes, it would be an iniquity5771 to be punished by the judges:6414 cr 12 For it is a fire784 that consumes398 to destruction,11 and would root out8327 all my increase.8393 cr

Job 31:13 "If I have despised3988 the cause4941 of my male5650 servant or of my female519 servant, when they contended7379 with me; cr 14 What then shall I do6213 when God410 rises up?6965 When he visits,6485 what shall I answer7725 him? cr 15 Didn't he who made6213 me in the womb990 make6213 him? Didn't one259 fashion3559 us in the womb?7358 cr

Job 31:16 "If I have withheld4513 the poor1800 from their desire,2656 or have caused the eyes5869 of the widow490 to fail,3615 cr 17 or have eaten398 my morsel6595 alone, and the fatherless3490 has not eaten398 of it cr 18 (no, from my youth5271 he grew up1431 with me as with a father,1 her have I guided5148 from my mother's517 womb);990 cr 19 if I have seen7200 any perish6 for want of clothing,3830 or that the needy34 had no covering;3682 cr 20 if his heart2504 hasn't blessed1288 me, if he hasn't been warmed2552 with my sheep's3532 fleece;1488 cr 21 if I have lifted up5130 my hand3027 against the fatherless,3490 because I saw7200 my help5833 in the gate,8179 cr 22 then let my shoulder fall5307 from the shoulder blade,7929 and my arm248 be broken7665 from the bone.7070 cr 23 For calamity343 from God410 is a terror6343 to me. Because his majesty,7613 I can3201 do nothing. cr

Job 31:24 "If I have made7760 gold2091 my hope,3689 and have said559 to the fine gold,3800 ‘You are my confidence;'4009 cr 25 If I have rejoiced8055 because my wealth2428 was great,7227 and because my hand3027 had gotten4672 much;3524 cr 26 if I have seen7200 the sun216 when it shined,1984 or the moon3394 moving1980 in splendor,3368 cr 27 and my heart3820 has been secretly5643 enticed,6601 and my hand3027 threw a kiss5401 from my mouth,6310 cr 28 this also would be an iniquity5771 to be punished by the judges;6416 for I should have denied3584 the God410 who is above.4605 cr

Job 31:29 "If I have rejoiced8055 at the destruction6365 of him who hated8130 me, or lifted up5782 myself when evil7451 found4672 him; cr 30 (yes, I have not allowed5414 my mouth2441 to sin2398 by asking7592 his life5315 with a curse);423 cr 31 if the men4962 of my tent168 have not said,559 ‘Who can find5414 one who has not been filled7646 with his meat?'1320 cr 32 (the foreigner1616 has not lodged3885 in the street,2351 but I have opened6605 my doors1817 to the traveler);734 cr 33 if like Adam121 I have covered3680 my transgressions,6588 by hiding2934 my iniquity5771 in my heart,2243 cr 34 because I feared6206 the great7227 multitude,1995 and the contempt937 of families4940 terrified2865 me, so that I kept silence,1826 and didn't go out3318 of the door—6607 cr 35 oh that5414 I had one to hear8085 me! (behold, here is my signature,8420 let the Almighty7706 answer6030 me); let the accuser376 write3789 my indictment!5612 cr 36 Surely I would carry5375 it on my shoulder;7926 and I would bind6029 it to me as a crown.5850 cr 37 I would declare5046 to him the number4557 of my steps.6806 as a prince5057 would I go near7126 to him. cr 38 If my land127 cries2199 out against me, and3162 its furrows8525 weep1058 together; cr 39 if I have eaten398 its fruits3581 without money,3701 or have caused its owners1167 to lose5301 their life,5315 cr 40 let briars2336 grow3318 instead of wheat,2406 and stinkweed890 instead of barley."8184 The words1697 of Job347 are ended.8552 cr