Job 31

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Job 31

Job Asserts His Integrity

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“I have made a covenant with my ^(A)eyes;
How then could I gaze at a virgin?

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“And what is ^(B)the portion of God from above
Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

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“Is it not ^(C)calamity to the unjust
And disaster to ^(D)those who work iniquity?

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“Does He not ^(E)see my ways
And ^(F)number all my steps?

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“If I have ^(G)walked with falsehood,
And my foot has hastened after deceit,

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Let Him ^(H)weigh me with ^(a)accurate scales,
And let God know ^(I)my integrity.

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“If my step has ^(J)turned from the way,
Or my heart ^(b)followed my eyes,
Or if any ^(K)spot has stuck to my hands,

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Let me ^(L)sow and another eat,
And let my ^(c)^(M)crops be uprooted.

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“If my heart has been ^(N)enticed by a woman,
Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,

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May my wife ^(O)grind for another,
And let ^(P)others ^(d)kneel down over her.

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“For that would be a ^(Q)lustful crime;
Moreover, it would be ^(R)an iniquity punishable by judges.

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“For it would be ^(S)fire that consumes to ^(e)^(T)Abaddon,
And would ^(U)uproot all my ^(f)increase.

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“If I have ^(V)despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,

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What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

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“Did not ^(W)He who made me in the womb make him,
And the same one fashion us in the womb?

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“If I have kept ^(X)the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of ^(Y)the widow to fail,

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Or have ^(Z)eaten my morsel alone,
And ^(AA)the orphan has not ^(g)shared it

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(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from ^(h)infancy I guided her),

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If I have seen anyone perish ^(AB)for lack of clothing,
Or that ^(AC)the needy had no covering,

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If his loins have not ⁽ⁱ⁾thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

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If I have lifted up my hand against ^(AD)the orphan,
Because I saw ^(j)I had support ^(AE)in the gate,

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Let my shoulder fall from the ^(k)socket,
And my ^(AF)arm be broken off ^(l)at the elbow.

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“For ^(AG)calamity from God is a terror to me,
And because of ^(AH)His ^(m)majesty I can do nothing.

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“If I have put my confidence in ^(AI)gold,
And called fine gold my trust,

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If I have ^(AJ)gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had secured so much;

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If I have ^(AK)looked at the ⁽ⁿ⁾sun when it shone
Or the moon going in splendor,

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And my heart became secretly enticed,
And my hand ^(o)threw a kiss from my mouth,

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That too would have been ^(AL)an iniquity calling for ^(p)judgment,
For I would have ^(AM)denied God above.

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“Have I ^(AN)rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or ^(q)exulted when evil befell him?

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“^(r)No, ^(AO)I have not ^(s)allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for his life in ^(AP)a curse.

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“Have the men of my tent not said,
‘Who can ^(t)find one who has not been ^(AQ)satisfied with his meat’?

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“The alien has not lodged outside,
For I have opened my doors to the ^(u)traveler.

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“Have I ^(AR)covered my transgressions like ^(v)Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

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Because I ^(AS)feared the great multitude,
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And kept silent and did not go out of doors?

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“Oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my ^(w)signature;
^(AT)Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my ^(AU)adversary has written,

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Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
I would bind it to myself like a crown.

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“I would declare to Him ^(AV)the number of my steps;
Like ^(AW)a prince I would approach Him.

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“If my ^(AX)land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;

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If I have ^(AY)eaten its ^(x)fruit without money,
Or have ^(AZ)caused ^(y)its owners to lose their lives,

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Let ^(BA)briars ^(z)grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.

Footnotes:

a. Job 31:6: ['Lit ', just]

b. Job 31:7: ['Lit ', walked after]

c. Job 31:8: ['Or ', offspring]

d. Job 31:10: ['I.e. sexual relations']

e. Job 31:12: ['I.e. place of destruction']

f. Job 31:12: ['Or ', yield]

g. Job 31:17: ['Lit ', eaten from it]

h. Job 31:18: ['Lit ', my mother’s womb]

i. Job 31:20: ['Lit ', blessed]

j. Job 31:21: ['Lit ', my help]

k. Job 31:22: ['Lit ', shoulder, '; or ', back]

l. Job 31:22: ['Lit ', from the bone of the upper arm]

m. Job 31:23: ['Lit ', exaltation]

n. Job 31:26: ['Lit ', light]

o. Job 31:27: ['Lit ', kissed my mouth]

p. Job 31:28: ['Lit ', judges]

q. Job 31:29: ['Lit ', lifted myself up]

r. Job 31:30: ['Lit ', And]

s. Job 31:30: ['Lit ', given my palate]

t. Job 31:31: ['Lit ', give]

u. Job 31:32: ['M.T. ', way]

v. Job 31:33: ['Or ', mankind]

w. Job 31:35: ['Lit ', mark]

x. Job 31:39: ['Lit ', strength]

y. Job 31:39: ['Lit ', the soul of its owners to expire]

z. Job 31:40: ['Lit ', come forth]

Cross references:

A. Job 31:1: Matthew 5:28

B. Job 31:2: Job 20:29

C. Job 31:3: Job 18:12; Job 21:30

D. Job 31:3: Job 34:22

E. Job 31:4: Job 24:23; Job 28:24; Job 34:21; Job 36:7; Proverbs 5:21; Proverbs 15:3

F. Job 31:4: Job 14:16; Job 31:37

G. Job 31:5: Job 15:31; Micah 2:11

H. Job 31:6: Job 6:2; Job 6:3

I. Job 31:6: Job 23:10; Job 27:5; Job 27:6

J. Job 31:7: Job 23:11

K. Job 31:7: Job 9:30

L. Job 31:8: Leviticus 26:16; Job 20:18; Micah 6:15

M. Job 31:8: Job 31:12

N. Job 31:9: Job 24:15; Job 31:1

O. Job 31:10: Isaiah 47:2

P. Job 31:10: Deuteronomy 28:30; Jeremiah 8:10

Q. Job 31:11: Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:24

R. Job 31:11: Job 31:28

S. Job 31:12: Job 15:30

T. Job 31:12: Job 26:6

U. Job 31:12: Job 20:28; Job 31:8

V. Job 31:13: Deuteronomy 24:14; Deuteronomy 24:15

W. Job 31:15: Job 10:3

X. Job 31:16: Job 5:16; Job 20:19

Y. Job 31:16: Exodus 22:22-24; Job 22:9

Z. Job 31:17: Job 22:7

AA. Job 31:17: Job 29:12

AB. Job 31:19: Job 22:6; Job 29:13

AC. Job 31:19: Job 24:4

AD. Job 31:21: Job 29:12; Job 31:17

AE. Job 31:21: Job 29:7

AF. Job 31:22: Job 38:15

AG. Job 31:23: Job 31:3

AH. Job 31:23: Job 13:11

AI. Job 31:24: Job 22:24; Mark 10:23-25

AJ. Job 31:25: Job 1:3; Job 1:10; Psalm 62:10

AK. Job 31:26: Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 17:3; Ezekiel 8:16

AL. Job 31:28: Deuteronomy 17:2-7; Job 31:11

AM. Job 31:28: Joshua 24:27; Isaiah 59:13

AN. Job 31:29: Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 24:17; Obadiah 1:12

AO. Job 31:30: Psalm 7:4

AP. Job 31:30: Job 5:3

AQ. Job 31:31: Job 22:7

AR. Job 31:33: Genesis 3:10; Proverbs 28:13

AS. Job 31:34: Exodus 23:2

AT. Job 31:35: Job 19:7; Job 30:20; Job 30:24; Job 30:28; Job 35:14

AU. Job 31:35: Job 27:7

AV. Job 31:37: Job 31:4

AW. Job 31:37: Job 1:3; Job 29:25

AX. Job 31:38: Job 24:2

AY. Job 31:39: Job 24:6; Job 24:10-12; James 5:4

BA. Job 31:40: Job 32:13; Isaiah 5:6