Job:31 Parallel Bible - WLD ASV |
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| Job 31:1 | "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? |
| Job 31:2 | 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? |
| Job 31:3 | 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? |
| Job 31:4 | Doesn't he see my ways, And number all my steps? | Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps? |
| Job 31:5 | "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 |
| Job 31:6 | (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); |
| Job 31:7 | 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: |
| Job 31:8 | 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. |
| Job 31:9 | "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; |
| Job 31:10 | 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. |
| Job 31:11 | 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: |
| Job 31:12 | 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. |
| Job 31:13 | "If I have despised the cause of my man-servant Or of my maid-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; |
| Job 31:14 | What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him? | What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? |
| Job 31:15 | 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? |
| Job 31:16 | "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, |
| Job 31:17 | 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 |
| Job 31:18 | (No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, Her have I guided 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); |
| Job 31:19 | 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; |
| Job 31:20 | 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; |
| Job 31:21 | 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: |
| Job 31:22 | 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. |
| Job 31:23 | For calamity from God is a terror to me, By reason 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. |
| Job 31:24 | "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; |
| Job 31:25 | 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; |
| Job 31:26 | 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, |
| Job 31:27 | And my heart has been secretly enticed, My hand threw a kiss from my mouth: | And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand: |
| Job 31:28 | This also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should 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. |
| Job 31:29 | "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; |
| Job 31:30 | (Yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse); | (Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse); |
| Job 31:31 | 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? |
| Job 31:32 | (The sojourner has not lodged 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); |
| Job 31:33 | 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, |
| Job 31:34 | 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- |
| Job 31:35 | 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! |
| Job 31:36 | 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: |
| Job 31:37 | I would declare to him the number of my steps. As a prince would I go near to him. | I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him. |
| Job 31:38 | If my land cries out against me, And the furrows of it weep together; | If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together; |
| Job 31:39 | If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, Or have caused the owners of it to lose their life: | If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: |
| Job 31:40 | Let briars 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. |
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