ASV_Strong : Job 31
1. I made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with mine eyes[H5869]; How then should I look[H995] upon a virgin[H1330]?
2. For what is the portion[H2506] from God[H433] above[H4605], And the heritage[H5159] from the Almighty[H7706] on high[H4791]?
3. Is it not calamity[H343] to the unrighteous[H5767], And disaster[H5235] to the workers[H6466] of iniquity[H205]?
4. Doth not he see[H7200] my ways[H1870], And number[H5608] all my steps[H6806]?
5. If I have walked[H1980] with falsehood[H7723], And my foot[H7272] hath hasted[H2363] to deceit[H4820]
6. (Let me be weighed[H8254] in an even[H6664] balance[H3976], That God[H433] may know[H3045] mine integrity[H8538]);
7. If my step[H838] hath turned out[H5186] of the way[H1870], And my heart[H3820] walked[H1980] after[H310] mine eyes[H5869], And if any spot[H3971] hath cleaved[H1692] to my hands[H3709]:
8. Then let me sow[H2232], and let another[H312] eat[H398]; Yea[H6631], let the produce of my field be rooted out[H8327].
9. If my heart[H3820] hath been enticed[H6601] unto a woman[H802], And I have laid wait[H693] at my neighbor[H7453]'s door[H6607];
10. Then let my wife[H802] grind[H2912] unto another[H312], And let others[H312] bow down upon her[H3766].
11. For that were a heinous crime[H2154]; Yea[H5771], it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges[H6414]:
12. For it is a fire[H784] that consumeth[H398] unto Destruction[H11], And would root out[H8327] all mine increase[H8393].
13. If I have despised[H3988] the cause[H4941] of my man-servant[H5650] or of my maid-servant[H519], When they contended with me[H7379];
14. What then shall I do[H6213] when God[H410] riseth up[H6965]? And when he visiteth[H6485], what shall I answer him[H7725]?
15. Did not he that made[H6213] me in the womb[H990] make[H6213] him[H259]? And did not one fashion[H3559] us in the womb[H7358]?
16. If I have withheld[H4513] the poor[H1800] from their desire[H2656], Or have caused the eyes[H5869] of the widow[H490] to fail[H3615],
17. Or have eaten[H398] my morsel[H6595] alone[H3490], And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof[H398]
18. (Nay[H5271], from my youth he grew up[H1431] with me as with a father[H1], And her have I guided[H5148] from my mother[H517]'s womb[H990]);
19. If I have seen[H7200] any perish[H6] for want of clothing[H3830], Or that the needy[H34] had no covering[H3682];
20. If his loins[H2504] have not blessed[H1288] me[H2552], And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece[H1488] of my sheep[H3532];
21. If I have lifted up[H5130] my hand[H3027] against the fatherless[H3490], Because I saw[H7200] my help[H5833] in the gate[H8179]:
22. Then let my shoulder fall[H5307] from the shoulder-blade[H7929], And mine arm[H248] be broken[H7665] from the bone[H7070].
23. For calamity[H343] from God[H410] is a terror[H6343] to me[H7613], And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing[H3201].
24. If I have made[H7760] gold[H2091] my hope[H3689], And have said[H559] to the fine gold[H3800], Thou art my confidence[H4009];
25. If I have rejoiced[H8055] because my wealth[H2428] was great[H7227], And because my hand[H3027] had gotten[H4672] much[H3524];
26. If I have beheld[H7200] the sun[H216] when it shined[H1984], Or the moon[H3394] walking[H1980] in brightness[H3368],
27. And my heart[H3820] hath been secretly[H5643] enticed[H6601], And my mouth[H6310] hath kissed[H5401] my hand[H3027]:
28. This also were an iniquity[H5771] to be punished by the judges[H6416]; For I should have denied[H3584] the God[H410] that is above[H4605].
29. If I have rejoiced[H8055] at the destruction[H6365] of him that hated[H8130] me[H5782], Or lifted up myself when evil[H7451] found him[H4672];
30. (Yea[H5414], I have not suffered my mouth[H2441] to sin[H2398] By asking[H7592] his life[H5315] with a curse[H423]);
31. If the men[H4962] of my tent[H168] have not said[H559], Who can find[H5414] one that hath not been filled[H7646] with his meat[H1320]?
32. (The sojourner[H1616] hath not lodged[H3885] in the street[H2351]; But I have opened[H6605] my doors[H1817] to the traveller[H734]);
33. If like Adam[H121] I have covered[H3680] my transgressions[H6588], By hiding[H2934] mine iniquity[H5771] in my bosom[H2243],
34. Because I feared[H6206] the great[H7227] multitude[H1995], And the contempt[H937] of families[H4940] terrified[H2865] me[H1826], So that I kept silence, and went not out[H3318] of the door[H6607]—
35. Oh that[H5414] I had one to hear[H8085] me[H8420]! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty[H7706] answer[H6030] me[H5612]); And that I had the indictment which mine adversary[H376] hath written[H3789]!
36. Surely I would carry[H5375] it upon my shoulder[H7926]; I would bind[H6029] it unto me as a crown[H5850]:
37. I would declare[H5046] unto him the number[H4557] of my steps[H6806]; As a prince[H5057] would I go near unto him[H7126].
38. If my land[H127] crieth[H2199] out against me[H3162], And the furrows[H8525] thereof weep together[H1058];
39. If I have eaten[H398] the fruits[H3581] thereof without money[H3701], Or have caused the owners[H1167] thereof to lose[H5301] their life[H5315]:
40. Let thistles[H2336] grow[H3318] instead of wheat[H2406], And cockle[H890] instead of barley[H8184]. The words[H1697] of Job[H347] are ended[H8552].
Related Links: