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, let the produce^H6631 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'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 that were a heinous crime;^H2154 Yea, it were an iniquity^H5771 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^H7379 with me;

14 ♥ 📝 What then shall I do^H6213 when God^H410 riseth up?^H6965 And when he visiteth,^H6485 what shall I answer^H7725 him?

15 ♥ 📝 Did not 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 alone, And the fatherless^H3490 hath not eaten^H398 thereof

18 ♥ 📝 (Nay, from my youth^H5271 he grew up^H1431 with me as with a father,^H1 And her have I guided^H5148 from my mother's^H517 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, And if he hath not been warmed^H2552 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, And by reason of his majesty^H7613 I can^H3201 do nothing.

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, Or lifted up^H5782 myself when evil^H7451 found^H4672 him;

30 ♥ 📝 (Yea, I have not suffered^H5414 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, So that I kept silence,^H1826 and went not out^H3318 of the door—^H6607

35 ♥ 📝 Oh that^H5414 I had one to hear^H8085 me! (Lo, here is my signature,^H8420 let the Almighty^H7706 answer^H6030 me); And [that I had] the indictment^H5612 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^H7126 unto him.

38 ♥ 📝 If my land^H127 crieth^H2199 out against me, And^H3162 the furrows^H8525 thereof weep^H1058 together;

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