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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] διαθηκην εθεμην τοις οφθαλμοις μου και ου συνησω επι παρθενον
[2] και τι εμερισεν ο θεος απανωθεν και κληρονομια ικανου εξ υψιστων
[3] ουχι απωλεια τω αδικω και απαλλοτριωσις τοις ποιουσιν ανομιαν
[4] ουχι αυτος οψεται οδον μου και παντα τα διαβηματα μου εξαριθμησεται
[5] ει δε ημην πεπορευμενος μετα γελοιαστων ει δε και εσπουδασεν ο πους μου εις δολον
[6] ισταιη με αρα εν ζυγω δικαιω οιδεν δε ο κυριος την ακακιαν μου
[7] ει εξεκλινεν ο πους μου εκ της οδου ει δε και τω οφθαλμω επηκολουθησεν η καρδια μου ει δε και ταις χερσιν μου ηψαμην δωρων
[8] σπειραιμι αρα και αλλοι φαγοισαν αρριζος δε γενοιμην επι γης
[9] ει εξηκολουθησεν η καρδια μου γυναικι ανδρος ετερου ει και εγκαθετος εγενομην επι θυραις αυτης
[10] αρεσαι αρα και η γυνη μου ετερω τα δε νηπια μου ταπεινωθειη
[11] θυμος γαρ οργης ακατασχετος το μιαναι ανδρος γυναικα
[12] πυρ γαρ εστιν καιομενον επι παντων των μερων ου δ αν επελθη εκ ριζων απωλεσεν
[13] ει δε και εφαυλισα κριμα θεραποντος μου η θεραπαινης κρινομενων αυτων προς με
[14] τι γαρ ποιησω εαν ετασιν μου ποιησηται ο κυριος εαν δε και επισκοπην τινα αποκρισιν ποιησομαι
[15] ποτερον ουχ ως και εγω εγενομην εν γαστρι και εκεινοι γεγονασιν γεγοναμεν δε εν τη αυτη κοιλια
[16] αδυνατοι δε χρειαν ην ποτ ειχον ουκ απετυχον χηρας δε τον οφθαλμον ουκ εξετηξα
[17] ει δε και τον ψωμον μου εφαγον μονος και ουχι ορφανω μετεδωκα
[18] οτι εκ νεοτητος μου εξετρεφον ως πατηρ και εκ γαστρος μητρος μου ωδηγησα
[19] ει δε και υπερειδον γυμνον απολλυμενον και ουκ ημφιασα
[20] αδυνατοι δε ει μη ευλογησαν με απο δε κουρας αμνων μου εθερμανθησαν οι ωμοι αυτων
[21] ει επηρα ορφανω χειρα πεποιθως οτι πολλη μοι βοηθεια περιεστιν
[22] αποσταιη αρα ο ωμος μου απο της κλειδος ο δε βραχιων μου απο του αγκωνος μου συντριβειη
[23] φοβος γαρ κυριου συνεσχεν με και απο του λημματος αυτου ουχ υποισω
[24] ει εταξα χρυσιον ισχυν μου ει δε και λιθω πολυτελει επεποιθησα
[25] ει δε και ευφρανθην πολλου πλουτου μοι γενομενου ει δε και επ αναριθμητοις εθεμην χειρα μου
[26] η ουχ ορω μεν ηλιον τον επιφαυσκοντα εκλειποντα σεληνην δε φθινουσαν ου γαρ επ αυτοις εστιν
[27] και ει ηπατηθη λαθρα η καρδια μου ει δε και χειρα μου επιθεις επι στοματι μου εφιλησα
[28] και τουτο μοι αρα ανομια η μεγιστη λογισθειη οτι εψευσαμην εναντιον κυριου του υψιστου
[29] ει δε και επιχαρης εγενομην πτωματι εχθρων μου και ειπεν η καρδια μου ευγε
[30] ακουσαι αρα το ους μου την καταραν μου θρυληθειην δε αρα υπο λαου μου κακουμενος
[31] ει δε και πολλακις ειπον αι θεραπαιναι μου τις αν δωη ημιν των σαρκων αυτου πλησθηναι λιαν μου χρηστου οντος
[32] εξω δε ουκ ηυλιζετο ξενος η δε θυρα μου παντι ελθοντι ανεωκτο
[33] ει δε και αμαρτων ακουσιως εκρυψα την αμαρτιαν μου
[34] ου γαρ διετραπην πολυοχλιαν πληθους του μη εξαγορευσαι ενωπιον αυτων ει δε και ειασα αδυνατον εξελθειν θυραν μου κολπω κενω
[35] τις δωη ακουοντα μου χειρα δε κυριου ει μη εδεδοικειν συγγραφην δε ην ειχον κατα τινος
[36] επ ωμοις αν περιθεμενος στεφανον ανεγινωσκον
[37] και ει μη ρηξας αυτην απεδωκα ουθεν λαβων παρα χρεοφειλετου
[38] ει επ εμοι ποτε η γη εστεναξεν ει δε και οι αυλακες αυτης εκλαυσαν ομοθυμαδον
[39] ει δε και την ισχυν αυτης εφαγον μονος ανευ τιμης ει δε και ψυχην κυριου της γης εκβαλων ελυπησα
[40] αντι πυρου αρα εξελθοι μοι κνιδη αντι δε κριθης βατος και επαυσατο ιωβ ρημασιν