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World English Bible

Job 31 (WEBP)

[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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 31 (KJVS)

[1] I made () a covenant with mine eyes; Why then should I think () upon a maid?
[2] For what portion of God is there from above? And what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
[3] Is not destruction to the wicked? And a strange punishment to the workers () of iniquity?
[4] Doth not he see () my ways, And count () all my steps?
[5] If I have walked () with vanity, Or if my foot hath hasted () to deceit;
[6] Let me be weighed () in an even balance, That God may know () mine integrity.
[7] If my step hath turned out () of the way, And mine heart walked () after mine eyes, And if any blot hath cleaved () to mine hands;
[8] Then let me sow, () and let another eat; () Yea, let my offspring be rooted out. ()
[9] If mine heart have been deceived () by a woman, Or if I have laid wait () at my neighbour’s door;
[10] Then let my wife grind () unto another, And let others bow down () upon her.
[11] For this is an heinous crime; Yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
[12] For it is a fire that consumeth () to destruction, And would root out () all mine increase.
[13] If I did despise () the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, When they contended with me;
[14] What then shall I do () when God riseth up? () And when he visiteth, () what shall I answer () him?
[15] Did not he that made () me in the womb make () him? And did not 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 myself alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten () thereof;
[18] (For from my youth he was brought up () with me, as with a father, And I have guided () her from my mother’s womb;)
[19] If I have seen () any perish () for want of clothing, Or any poor without covering;
[20] If his loins have not blessed () me, And if he were not warmed () with the fleece of my sheep;
[21] If I have lifted up () my hand against the fatherless, When I saw () my help in the gate:
[22] Then let mine arm fall () from my shoulder blade, And mine arm be broken () from the bone.
[23] For destruction from God was a terror to me, And by reason of his highness I could () not endure.
[24] If I have made () gold my hope, Or have said () to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
[25] If I rejoiced () because my wealth was great, And because mine hand had gotten () much;
[26] If I beheld () the sun when it shined, () Or the moon walking () in brightness;
[27] And my heart hath been secretly enticed, () Or my mouth hath kissed () my hand:
[28] This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: For I should have denied () the God that is above.
[29] If I rejoiced () at the destruction of him that hated () me, Or lifted up () myself when evil found () him:
[30] Neither have I suffered () my mouth to sin () By wishing () a curse to his soul.
[31] If the men of my tabernacle said () not, Oh that we had () of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. ()
[32] The stranger did not lodge () in the street: But I opened () my doors to the traveller.
[33] If I covered () my transgressions as Adam, By hiding () mine iniquity in my bosom:
[34] Did I fear () a great multitude, Or did the contempt of families terrify () me, That I kept silence, () and went not out () of the door?
[35] Oh that () one would hear () me! Behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer () me, And that mine adversary had written () a book.
[36] Surely I would take () it upon my shoulder, And bind () it as a crown to me.
[37] I would declare () unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near () unto him.
[38] If my land cry () against me, Or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; ()
[39] If I have eaten () the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose () their life:
[40] Let thistles grow () instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. ()

Job 31:6 Heb. let him weigh me in balances of Justice
Job 31:15 Or, did he not fashion us in one womb?
Job 31:18 That is, the widow
Job 31:22 Or, the chanelbone
Job 31:25 Heb. found much
Job 31:26a Heb. the light
Job 31:26b Heb. bright
Job 31:27 Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth
Job 31:30 Heb. my palate
Job 31:32 Or, to the way
Job 31:33 Or, after the manner of men
Job 31:38 Heb. weep
Job 31:39a Heb. the strength thereof
Job 31:39b Heb. caused the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or breath out
Job 31:40 Or, noisome weeds

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 31 (BYZ)

[1] Διαθήκην () ἐθέμην () τοῖς () ὀφθαλμοῖς () μου () καὶ () οὐ () συνήσω () ἐπὶ () παρθένον. ()
[2] Καὶ () τί () ἐμέρισεν () ὁ () θεὸς () ἀπάνωθεν καὶ () κληρονομία () ἱκανοῦ () ἐξ () ὑψίστων; ()
[3] Οὐχὶ () ἀπώλεια () τῷ () ἀδίκῳ () καὶ () ἀπαλλοτρίωσις τοῖς () ποιοῦσιν () ἀνομίαν; ()
[4] Οὐχὶ () αὐτὸς () ὄψεται () ὁδόν () μου () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () διαβήματά μου () ἐξαριθμήσεται;
[5] Εἰ () δὲ () ἤμην () πεπορευμένος () μετὰ () γελοιαστῶν, εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () ἐσπούδασεν () ὁ () πούς () μου () εἰς () δόλον, ()
[6] ἱσταίη () με () ἄρα () ἐν () ζυγῷ () δικαίῳ, () οἶδεν () δὲ () ὁ () κύριος () τὴν () ἀκακίαν μου. ()
[7] Εἰ () ἐξέκλινεν () ὁ () πούς () μου () ἐκ () τῆς () ὁδοῦ, () εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () τῷ () ὀφθαλμῷ () ἐπηκολούθησεν () ἡ () καρδία () μου, () εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () ταῖς () χερσίν () μου () ἡψάμην () δώρων, ()
[8] σπείραιμι () ἄρα () καὶ () ἄλλοι () φάγοισαν, ἄρριζος δὲ () γενοίμην () ἐπὶ () γῆς. ()
[9] Εἰ () ἐξηκολούθησεν () ἡ () καρδία () μου () γυναικὶ () ἀνδρὸς () ἑτέρου, () εἰ () καὶ () ἐγκάθετος () ἐγενόμην () ἐπὶ () θύραις () αὐτῆς, ()
[10] ἀρέσαι () ἄρα () καὶ () ἡ () γυνή () μου () ἑτέρῳ, () τὰ () δὲ () νήπιά () μου () ταπεινωθείη· ()
[11] θυμὸς () γὰρ () ὀργῆς () ἀκατάσχετος () τὸ () μιᾶναι () ἀνδρὸς () γυναῖκα· ()
[12] πῦρ () γάρ () ἐστιν () καιόμενον () ἐπὶ () πάντων () τῶν () μερῶν, () οὗ () δ’ () ἂν () ἐπέλθῃ, () ἐκ () ῥιζῶν () ἀπώλεσεν. ()
[13] Εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () ἐφαύλισα κρίμα () θεράποντός () μου () ἢ () θεραπαίνης κρινομένων () αὐτῶν () πρός () με, ()
[14] τί () γὰρ () ποιήσω, () ἐὰν () ἔτασίν μου () ποιήσηται () ὁ () κύριος; () Ἐὰν () δὲ () καὶ () ἐπισκοπήν, () τίνα () ἀπόκρισιν () ποιήσομαι; ()
[15] Πότερον () οὐχ () ὡς () καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἐγενόμην () ἐν () γαστρί, () καὶ () ἐκεῖνοι () γεγόνασιν; () Γεγόναμεν () δὲ () ἐν () τῇ () αὐτῇ () κοιλίᾳ. ()
[16] Ἀδύνατοι () δὲ () χρείαν, () ἥν () ποτ’ () εἶχον, () οὐκ () ἀπέτυχον, χήρας () δὲ () τὸν () ὀφθαλμὸν () οὐκ () ἐξέτηξα.
[17] Εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () τὸν () ψωμόν μου () ἔφαγον () μόνος () καὶ () οὐχὶ () ὀρφανῷ () μετέδωκα· ()
[18] ὅτι () ἐκ () νεότητός () μου () ἐξέτρεφον () ὡς () πατὴρ () καὶ () ἐκ () γαστρὸς () μητρός () μου () ὡδήγησα· ()
[19] εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () ὑπερεῖδον () γυμνὸν () ἀπολλύμενον () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠμφίασα,
[20] ἀδύνατοι () δὲ () εἰ () μὴ () εὐλόγησάν () με, () ἀπὸ () δὲ () κουρᾶς ἀμνῶν () μου () ἐθερμάνθησαν () οἱ () ὦμοι () αὐτῶν, ()
[21] εἰ () ἐπῆρα () ὀρφανῷ () χεῖρα () πεποιθὼς () ὅτι () πολλή () μοι () βοήθεια () περίεστιν,
[22] ἀποσταίη () ἄρα () ὁ () ὦμός () μου () ἀπὸ () τῆς () κλειδός, () ὁ () δὲ () βραχίων () μου () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ἀγκῶνός μου () συντριβείη. ()
[23] Φόβος () γὰρ () κυρίου () συνέσχεν () με, () καὶ () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () λήμματος αὐτοῦ () οὐχ () ὑποίσω. ()
[24] Εἰ () ἔταξα () χρυσίον () ἰσχύν () μου, () εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () λίθῳ () πολυτελεῖ () ἐπεποίθησα, ()
[25] εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () εὐφράνθην () πολλοῦ () πλούτου () μοι () γενομένου, () εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () ἐπ’ () ἀναριθμήτοις () ἐθέμην () χεῖρά () μου, ()
[26] ἦ () οὐχ () ὁρῶ () μὲν () ἥλιον () τὸν () ἐπιφαύσκοντα () ἐκλείποντα, () σελήνην () δὲ () φθίνουσαν; Οὐ () γὰρ () ἐπ’ () αὐτοῖς () ἐστιν. ()
[27] Καὶ () εἰ () ἠπατήθη () λάθρᾳ () ἡ () καρδία () μου, () εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () χεῖρά () μου () ἐπιθεὶς () ἐπὶ () στόματί () μου () ἐφίλησα, ()
[28] καὶ () τοῦτό () μοι () ἄρα () ἀνομία () ἡ () μεγίστη () λογισθείη, () ὅτι () ἐψευσάμην ἐναντίον () κυρίου () τοῦ () ὑψίστου. ()
[29] Εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () ἐπιχαρὴς ἐγενόμην () πτώματι () ἐχθρῶν () μου () καὶ () εἶπεν ἡ () καρδία () μου () Εὖγε,
[30] ἀκούσαι () ἄρα () τὸ () οὖς () μου () τὴν () κατάραν () μου, () θρυληθείην δὲ () ἄρα () ὑπὸ () λαοῦ () μου () κακούμενος. ()
[31] Εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () πολλάκις () εἶπον αἱ () θεράπαιναί μου () Τίς () ἂν () δῴη () ἡμῖν () τῶν () σαρκῶν () αὐτοῦ () πλησθῆναι; Λίαν () μου () χρηστοῦ () ὄντος· ()
[32] ἔξω () δὲ () οὐκ () ηὐλίζετο () ξένος, () ἡ () δὲ () θύρα () μου () παντὶ () ἐλθόντι () ἀνέῳκτο. ()
[33] Εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () ἁμαρτὼν () ἀκουσίως ἔκρυψα () τὴν () ἁμαρτίαν () μου, ()
[34] οὐ () γὰρ () διετράπην πολυοχλίαν πλήθους () τοῦ () μὴ () ἐξαγορεῦσαι ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν, () εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () εἴασα () ἀδύνατον () ἐξελθεῖν () θύραν () μου () κόλπῳ () κενῷ, ()
[35] τίς () δῴη () ἀκούοντά () μου; () Χεῖρα () δὲ () κυρίου () εἰ () μὴ () ἐδεδοίκειν, συγγραφὴν δέ, () ἣν () εἶχον () κατά () τινος, ()
[36] ἐπ’ () ὤμοις () ἂν () περιθέμενος () στέφανον () ἀνεγίνωσκον, ()
[37] καὶ () εἰ () μὴ () ῥήξας () αὐτὴν () ἀπέδωκα () οὐθὲν () λαβὼν () παρὰ () χρεοφειλέτου,
[38] εἰ () ἐπ’ () ἐμοί () ποτε () ἡ () γῆ () ἐστέναξεν, () εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () οἱ () αὔλακες αὐτῆς () ἔκλαυσαν () ὁμοθυμαδόν, ()
[39] εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () τὴν () ἰσχὺν () αὐτῆς () ἔφαγον () μόνος () ἄνευ () τιμῆς, () εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () ψυχὴν () κυρίου () τῆς () γῆς () ἐκβαλὼν () ἐλύπησα, ()
[40] ἀντὶ () πυροῦ ἄρα () ἐξέλθοι () μοι () κνίδη, ἀντὶ () δὲ () κριθῆς () βάτος. () Καὶ () ἐπαύσατο () Ιωβ () ῥήμασιν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.