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World English Bible Classic
[1] “I made a covenant with my eyes;
how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
[2] For what is the portion from God above,
and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
[3] Is it not calamity to the unrighteous,
and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
[4] Doesn’t he see my ways,
and count all my steps? [5] “If I have walked with falsehood,
and my foot has hurried to deceit
[6] (let me be weighed in an even balance,
that God may know my integrity);
[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,
[8] then let me sow, and let another eat.
Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out. [9] “If my heart has been enticed to a woman,
and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
[10] then let my wife grind for another,
and let others sleep with her.
[11] For that would be a heinous crime.
Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
[12] for it is a fire that consumes to destruction,
and would root out all my increase.
[13] “If I have despised the cause of my male servant
or of my female servant,
when they contended with me,
[14] what then will I do when God rises up?
When he visits, what will I answer him?
[15] Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him?
Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
[16] “If I have withheld the poor from their desire,
or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
[17] or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
[18] (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
I have guided her from my mother’s womb);
[19] if I have seen any perish for want of clothing,
or that the needy had no covering;
[20] if his heart hasn’t blessed me,
if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
[21] if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,
because I saw my help in the gate;
[22] then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade,
and my arm be broken from the bone.
[23] For calamity from God is a terror to me.
Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.
[24] “If I have made gold my hope,
and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
[25] If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,
and because my hand had gotten much;
[26] if I have seen the sun when it shined,
or the moon moving in splendor,
[27] and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;
[28] this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I would have denied the God who is above.
[29] “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
or lifted up myself when evil found him
[30] (I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin
by asking his life with a curse);
[31] if the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
[32] (the foreigner has not camped in the street,
but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
[33] if like Adam I have covered my transgressions,
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
[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—
[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!
[36] Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
and I would bind it to me as a crown.
[37] I would declare to him the number of my steps.
I would go near to him like a prince.
[38] If my land cries out against me,
and its furrows weep together;
[39] if I have eaten its fruits without money,
or have caused its owners to lose their life,
[40] let briers grow instead of wheat,
and stinkweed instead of barley.”The words of Job are ended.
King James Version
[1] I made H3772 a covenant H1285 with mine eyes; H5869
Why then should I think H995 upon H5921 a maid? H1330
[2] For what portion H2506 of God H433 is there from above? H4605
And what inheritance H5159 of the Almighty H7706 from on high? H4791
[3] Is not destruction H343 to the wicked? H5767
And a strange H5235 punishment to the workers H6466 of iniquity? H205
[4] Doth not H3808 he see H7200 my ways, H1870
And count H5608 all H3605 my steps? H6806
[5] If I have walked H1980 with H5973 vanity, H7723
Or if 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 mine heart H3820 walked H1980 after H310 mine eyes, H5869
And if any blot H3971 hath cleaved H1692 to mine hands; H3709
[8] Then let me sow, H2232 and let another H312 eat; H398
Yea, let my offspring H6631 be rooted out. H8327
[9] If mine heart H3820 have been deceived H6601 by a woman, H802
Or if I have laid wait H693 at my neighbour’s H7453 door; H6607
[10] Then let my wife H802 grind H2912 unto another, H312
And let others H312 bow down H3766 upon her.
[11] For this is an heinous crime; H2154
Yea, it is an iniquity H5771 to be punished by the judges. H6414
[12] For it is a fire H784 that consumeth H398 to destruction, H11
And would root out H8327 all H3605 mine increase. H8393
[13] If I did despise H3988 the cause H4941 of my manservant H5650 or of my maidservant, H519
When they contended H7379 with me;
[14] What H4100 then shall I do H6213 when God H410 riseth up? H6965
And when he visiteth, H6485 what H4100 shall I answer H7725 him?
[15] Did not H3808 he that made H6213 me in the womb H990 make H6213 him?
And did not one H259 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 myself alone,
And the fatherless H3490 hath not eaten H398 thereof;
[18] (For from my youth H5271 he was brought up H1431 with me, as with a father,ⓘ H1
And I have guided H5148 her from my mother’s H517 womb;) H990
[19] If I have seen H7200 any perish H6 for want of clothing, H3830
Or any poor H34 without covering; H3682
[20] If his loins H2504 have H1288 not H3808 blessed H1288 me,
And if he were not warmed H2552 with the fleece H1488 of my sheep; H3532
[21] If I have lifted up H5130 my hand H3027 against H5921 the fatherless, H3490
When I saw H7200 my help H5833 in the gate: H8179
[22] Then let mine arm H3802 fall H5307 from my shoulder blade, H7929
And mine arm H248 be broken H7665 from the bone. H7070§
[23] For H3588 destruction H343 from God H410 was a terror H6343 to me,
And by reason of his highness H7613 I could H3201 not endure.
[24] If I have made H7760 gold H2091 my hope, H3689
Or have said H559 to the fine gold, H3800 Thou art my confidence; H4009
[25] If I rejoiced H8055 because H3588 my wealth H2428 was great, H7227
And because mine hand H3027 had gotten H4672 much; H3524§
[26] If I 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
Or my mouth H6310 hath kissed H5401 my hand: H3027§
[28] This also were an iniquity H5771 to be punished by the judge: H6416
For H3588 I should have denied H3584 the God H410 that is above. H4605
[29] If I rejoiced H8055 at the destruction H6365 of him that hated H8130 me,
Or lifted up H5782 myself when evil H7451 found H4672 him:
[30] Neither have I suffered H5414 my mouth H2441§ to sin H2398
By wishing H7592 a curse H423 to his soul. H5315
[31] If the men H4962 of my tabernacle H168 said H559 not,
Oh that we had H5414 of his flesh! H1320 we cannot be satisfied. H7646
[32] The stranger H1616 did not H3808 lodge H3885 in the street: H2351
But I opened H6605 my doors H1817 to the traveller. H734§
[33] If I covered H3680 my transgressions H6588 as Adam, H121§
By hiding H2934 mine iniquity H5771 in my bosom: H2243
[34] Did I fear H6206 a great H7227 multitude, H1995
Or did the contempt H937 of families H4940 terrify H2865 me,
That I kept silence, H1826 and went not out H3318 of the door? H6607
[35] Oh that H5414 one would hear H8085 me!
Behold, my desire H8420 is, that the Almighty H7706 would answer H6030 me,
And that mine adversary H376 H7379 had written H3789 a book. H5612
[36] Surely I would take H5375 it upon my shoulder, H7926
And bind H6029 it as a crown H5850 to me.
[37] I would declare H5046 unto him the number H4557 of my steps; H6806
As a prince H5057 would I go near H7126 unto him.
[38] If my land H127 cry H2199 against H5921 me,
Or that the furrows H8525 likewise H3162 thereof complain; 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. H8184The words H1697 of Job H347 are ended. H8552

Footnotes

  1. § 31:6 Heb. let him weigh me in balances of Justice
  2. § 31:15 Or, did he not fashion us in one womb?
  3. ⓘ 31:18 That is, the widow
  4. § 31:22 Or, the chanelbone
  5. § 31:25 Heb. found much
  6. § 31:26a Heb. the light
  7. § 31:26b Heb. bright
  8. § 31:27 Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth
  9. § 31:30 Heb. my palate
  10. § 31:32 Or, to the way
  11. § 31:33 Or, after the manner of men
  12. § 31:38 Heb. weep
  13. § 31:39a Heb. the strength thereof
  14. § 31:39b Heb. caused the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or breath out
  15. § 31:40 Or, noisome weeds
Septuaginta
[1] Διαθήκην G1242 ἐθέμην G5087 τοῖς G3588 ὀφθαλμοῖς G3788 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 συνήσω G4920 ἐπὶ G1909 παρθένον. G3933 [2] Καὶ G2532 τί G5101 ἐμέρισεν G3307 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ἀπάνωθεν καὶ G2532 κληρονομία G2817 ἱκανοῦ G2425 ἐξ G1537 ὑψίστων; G5310 [3] Οὐχὶ G3780 ἀπώλεια G684 τῷ G3588 ἀδίκῳ G94 καὶ G2532 ἀπαλλοτρίωσις τοῖς G3588 ποιοῦσιν G4160 ἀνομίαν; G458 [4] Οὐχὶ G3780 αὐτὸς G846 ὄψεται G3700 ὁδόν G3598 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 διαβήματά μου G3450 ἐξαριθμήσεται; [5] Εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 ἤμην G2252 πεπορευμένος G4198 μετὰ G3326 γελοιαστῶν, εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ἐσπούδασεν G4704 ὁ G3588 πούς G4228 μου G3450 εἰς G1519 δόλον, G1388 [6] ἱσταίη G2476 με G3165 ἄρα G686 ἐν G1722 ζυγῷ G2218 δικαίῳ, G1342 οἶδεν G1492 δὲ G1161 ὁ G3588 κύριος G2962 τὴν G3588 ἀκακίαν μου. G3450 [7] Εἰ G1487 ἐξέκλινεν G1578 ὁ G3588 πούς G4228 μου G3450 ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 ὁδοῦ, G3598 εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 ὀφθαλμῷ G3788 ἐπηκολούθησεν G1872 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 μου, G3450 εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ταῖς G3588 χερσίν G5495 μου G3450 ἡψάμην G680 δώρων, G1435 [8] σπείραιμι G4687 ἄρα G686 καὶ G2532 ἄλλοι G243 φάγοισαν, ἄρριζος δὲ G1161 γενοίμην G1096 ἐπὶ G1909 γῆς. G1093 [9] Εἰ G1487 ἐξηκολούθησεν G1811 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 μου G3450 γυναικὶ G1135 ἀνδρὸς G435 ἑτέρου, G2087 εἰ G1487 καὶ G2532 ἐγκάθετος G1455 ἐγενόμην G1096 ἐπὶ G1909 θύραις G2374 αὐτῆς, G846 [10] ἀρέσαι G700 ἄρα G686 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 γυνή G1135 μου G3450 ἑτέρῳ, G2087 τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 νήπιά G3516 μου G3450 ταπεινωθείη· G5013 [11] θυμὸς G2372 γὰρ G1063 ὀργῆς G3709 ἀκατάσχετος G183 τὸ G3588 μιᾶναι G3392 ἀνδρὸς G435 γυναῖκα· G1135 [12] πῦρ G4442 γάρ G1063 ἐστιν G2076 καιόμενον G2545 ἐπὶ G1909 πάντων G3956 τῶν G3588 μερῶν, G3313 οὗ G3739 δ’ G1161 ἂν G302 ἐπέλθῃ, G1904 ἐκ G1537 ῥιζῶν G4491 ἀπώλεσεν. G622 [13] Εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ἐφαύλισα κρίμα G2917 θεράποντός G2324 μου G3450 ἢ G2228 θεραπαίνης κρινομένων G2919 αὐτῶν G846 πρός G4314 με, G3165 [14] τί G5101 γὰρ G1063 ποιήσω, G4160 ἐὰν G1437 ἔτασίν μου G3450 ποιήσηται G4160 ὁ G3588 κύριος; G2962 Ἐὰν G1437 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ἐπισκοπήν, G1984 τίνα G5101 ἀπόκρισιν G612 ποιήσομαι; G4160 [15] Πότερον G4220 οὐχ G3756 ὡς G5613 καὶ G2532 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐγενόμην G1096 ἐν G1722 γαστρί, G1064 καὶ G2532 ἐκεῖνοι G1565 γεγόνασιν; G1096 Γεγόναμεν G1096 δὲ G1161 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 αὐτῇ G846 κοιλίᾳ. G2836 [16] Ἀδύνατοι G102 δὲ G1161 χρείαν, G5532 ἥν G3739 ποτ’ G4218 εἶχον, G2192 οὐκ G3756 ἀπέτυχον, χήρας G5503 δὲ G1161 τὸν G3588 ὀφθαλμὸν G3788 οὐκ G3756 ἐξέτηξα. [17] Εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 ψωμόν μου G3450 ἔφαγον G5315 μόνος G3441 καὶ G2532 οὐχὶ G3780 ὀρφανῷ G3737 μετέδωκα· G3330 [18] ὅτι G3754 ἐκ G1537 νεότητός G3503 μου G3450 ἐξέτρεφον G1625 ὡς G5613 πατὴρ G3962 καὶ G2532 ἐκ G1537 γαστρὸς G1064 μητρός G3384 μου G3450 ὡδήγησα· G3594 [19] εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ὑπερεῖδον G5237 γυμνὸν G1131 ἀπολλύμενον G622 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἠμφίασα, [20] ἀδύνατοι G102 δὲ G1161 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 εὐλόγησάν G2127 με, G3165 ἀπὸ G575 δὲ G1161 κουρᾶς ἀμνῶν G286 μου G3450 ἐθερμάνθησαν G2328 οἱ G3588 ὦμοι G5606 αὐτῶν, G846 [21] εἰ G1487 ἐπῆρα G1869 ὀρφανῷ G3737 χεῖρα G5495 πεποιθὼς G3982 ὅτι G3754 πολλή G4183 μοι G3427 βοήθεια G996 περίεστιν, [22] ἀποσταίη G868 ἄρα G686 ὁ G3588 ὦμός G5606 μου G3450 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 κλειδός, G2807 ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 βραχίων G1023 μου G3450 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 ἀγκῶνός μου G3450 συντριβείη. G4937 [23] Φόβος G5401 γὰρ G1063 κυρίου G2962 συνέσχεν G4912 με, G3165 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 λήμματος αὐτοῦ G846 οὐχ G3756 ὑποίσω. G5297 [24] Εἰ G1487 ἔταξα G5021 χρυσίον G5553 ἰσχύν G2479 μου, G3450 εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 λίθῳ G3037 πολυτελεῖ G4185 ἐπεποίθησα, G3982 [25] εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 εὐφράνθην G2165 πολλοῦ G4183 πλούτου G4149 μοι G3427 γενομένου, G1096 εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ἐπ’ G1909 ἀναριθμήτοις G382 ἐθέμην G5087 χεῖρά G5495 μου, G3450 [26] ἦ G2229 οὐχ G3756 ὁρῶ G3708 μὲν G3303 ἥλιον G2246 τὸν G3588 ἐπιφαύσκοντα G2017 ἐκλείποντα, G1587 σελήνην G4582 δὲ G1161 φθίνουσαν; Οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτοῖς G846 ἐστιν. G2076 [27] Καὶ G2532 εἰ G1487 ἠπατήθη G538 λάθρᾳ G2977 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 μου, G3450 εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 χεῖρά G5495 μου G3450 ἐπιθεὶς G2007 ἐπὶ G1909 στόματί G4750 μου G3450 ἐφίλησα, G5368 [28] καὶ G2532 τοῦτό G5124 μοι G3427 ἄρα G686 ἀνομία G458 ἡ G3588 μεγίστη G3176 λογισθείη, G3049 ὅτι G3754 ἐψευσάμην G5574 ἐναντίον G1726 κυρίου G2962 τοῦ G3588 ὑψίστου. G5310 [29] Εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ἐπιχαρὴς ἐγενόμην G1096 πτώματι G4430 ἐχθρῶν G2190 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 μου G3450 Εὖγε, [30] ἀκούσαι G191 ἄρα G686 τὸ G3588 οὖς G3775 μου G3450 τὴν G3588 κατάραν G2671 μου, G3450 θρυληθείην δὲ G1161 ἄρα G686 ὑπὸ G5259 λαοῦ G2992 μου G3450 κακούμενος. G2559 [31] Εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 πολλάκις G4178 εἶπον G2036 αἱ G3588 θεράπαιναί μου G3450 Τίς G5101 ἂν G302 δῴη G1325 ἡμῖν G2254 τῶν G3588 σαρκῶν G4561 αὐτοῦ G846 πλησθῆναι; G4130 Λίαν G3029 μου G3450 χρηστοῦ G5543 ὄντος· G5607 [32] ἔξω G1854 δὲ G1161 οὐκ G3756 ηὐλίζετο G835 ξένος, G3581 ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 θύρα G2374 μου G3450 παντὶ G3956 ἐλθόντι G2064 ἀνέῳκτο. G455 [33] Εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ἁμαρτὼν G264 ἀκουσίως ἔκρυψα G2928 τὴν G3588 ἁμαρτίαν G266 μου, G3450 [34] οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 διετράπην πολυοχλίαν πλήθους G4128 τοῦ G3588 μὴ G3361 ἐξαγορεῦσαι ἐνώπιον G1799 αὐτῶν, G846 εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 εἴασα G1439 ἀδύνατον G102 ἐξελθεῖν G1831 θύραν G2374 μου G3450 κόλπῳ G2859 κενῷ, G2756 [35] τίς G5101 δῴη G1325 ἀκούοντά G191 μου; G3450 Χεῖρα G5495 δὲ G1161 κυρίου G2962 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 ἐδεδοίκειν, συγγραφὴν δέ, G1161 ἣν G3739 εἶχον G2192 κατά G2596 τινος, G5100 [36] ἐπ’ G1909 ὤμοις G5606 ἂν G302 περιθέμενος G4060 στέφανον G4735 ἀνεγίνωσκον, G314 [37] καὶ G2532 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 ῥήξας G4486 αὐτὴν G846 ἀπέδωκα G591 οὐθὲν G3762 λαβὼν G2983 παρὰ G3844 χρεοφειλέτου, G5533 [38] εἰ G1487 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐμοί G1699 ποτε G4218 ἡ G3588 γῆ G1093 ἐστέναξεν, G4727 εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 αὔλακες αὐτῆς G846 ἔκλαυσαν G2799 ὁμοθυμαδόν, G3661 [39] εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 ἰσχὺν G2479 αὐτῆς G846 ἔφαγον G5315 μόνος G3441 ἄνευ G427 τιμῆς, G5092 εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ψυχὴν G5590 κυρίου G2962 τῆς G3588 γῆς G1093 ἐκβαλὼν G1544 ἐλύπησα, G3076 [40] ἀντὶ G473 πυροῦ ἄρα G686 ἐξέλθοι G1831 μοι G3427 κνίδη, ἀντὶ G473 δὲ G1161 κριθῆς G2915 βάτος. G942 Καὶ G2532 ἐπαύσατο G3973 Ιωβ G2492 ῥήμασιν. G4487
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament