Thematic Bible
Job 31:1 (show verse)
"I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?
Job 31:2 (show verse)
What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:3 (show verse)
Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
Job 31:4 (show verse)
Does not he see my ways and number all my steps?
Job 31:5 (show verse)
"If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit;
Job 31:6 (show verse)
(Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!)
Job 31:7 (show verse)
if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:8 (show verse)
then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me be rooted out.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:9 (show verse)
"If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:10 (show verse)
then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down on her.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:11 (show verse)
For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
Job 31:12 (show verse)
for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:13 (show verse)
"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,
Job 31:14 (show verse)
what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
Job 31:15 (show verse)
Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
Job 31:16 (show verse)
"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Job 31:17 (show verse)
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Job 31:18 (show verse)
(for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow),
Job 31:19 (show verse)
if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering,
Job 31:20 (show verse)
if his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
Job 31:21 (show verse)
if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
Job 31:22 (show verse)
then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.
Job 31:23 (show verse)
For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
Job 31:24 (show verse)
"If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,
Job 31:25 (show verse)
if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,
Job 31:26 (show verse)
if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,
Job 31:27 (show verse)
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,
Job 31:28 (show verse)
this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.
Job 31:29 (show verse)
"If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him
Job 31:30 (show verse)
(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse),
Job 31:31 (show verse)
if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?'
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:32 (show verse)
(the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler),
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:33 (show verse)
if I have concealed my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
Job 31:34 (show verse)
because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors--
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:35 (show verse)
Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:36 (show verse)
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown;
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:37 (show verse)
I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:38 (show verse)
"If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together,
Job 31:39 (show verse)
if I have eaten its yield without payment and made its owners breathe their last,
Job 31:40 (show verse)
let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley."The words of Job are ended.