Thematic Bible
Job 31:1 (show verse)
"I made a covenant with my eyes, so how could I look closely upon a virgin?
Job 31:2 (show verse)
And what [is] the portion of God from above or the heritage of Shaddai from on high?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:3 (show verse)
Is not disaster for [the] evil one and ruin for [the] workers of mischief?
Job 31:4 (show verse)
Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?
Job 31:5 (show verse)
"If I have walked with falseness, and my foot has hastened to deceit,
Job 31:6 (show verse)
let him weigh me in [the] balance of justice, and let God know my blamelessness.
Job 31:7 (show verse)
If my steps have turned aside from the way, and my heart has walked after my eyes, and my hand has clung to a spot,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:8 (show verse)
let me sow, and let another eat, and let my crops be rooted out.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:9 (show verse)
"If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and at my neighbor's doorway I have lain in wait,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:10 (show verse)
let my wife grind for another, and let other [men] kneel over her,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:11 (show verse)
for that [is] a shameful act, and that [is] {a criminal offense}.
Job 31:12 (show verse)
Indeed, that [is] a fire that will consume up to Abaddon, and it would uproot all my crop.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:13 (show verse)
"If I have rejected my male or female slave's case when their complaint [was] against me,
Job 31:14 (show verse)
then what shall I do when God rises up? And when he enquires, how shall I answer him?
Job 31:15 (show verse)
Did not he [who] made me in the womb make them? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
Job 31:16 (show verse)
"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,
Job 31:17 (show verse)
or I have eaten my morsel {alone}, and [the] orphan has not eaten from it
Job 31:18 (show verse)
(for from my childhood he {grew up with} me like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided her),
Job 31:19 (show verse)
if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor,
Job 31:20 (show verse)
if his loins have not blessed me, or by means of my sheep's fleece he has warmed himself,
Job 31:21 (show verse)
if I have raised my hand against an orphan because I saw my supporters at 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)
Indeed, the disaster from God [was] a dread for me, and {I was powerless} because of his majesty.
Job 31:24 (show verse)
"If I have made gold my trust, or I have called fine gold my security,
Job 31:25 (show verse)
if I have rejoiced because my wealth [was] great or because my hand found a fortune,
Job 31:26 (show verse)
if I looked at [the] sun when it shone or [at the] moon moving [in] splendor,
Job 31:27 (show verse)
and {I was secretly enticed}, and {my hand threw them a kiss},
Job 31:28 (show verse)
this also [is] an iniquity [to be] judged, for I have deceived God above.
Job 31:29 (show verse)
"If I have rejoiced at [the] ruin of [the one who] hated me or have exulted when evil overtook him--
Job 31:30 (show verse)
no, I have not allowed my mouth to sin, to ask his life with a curse.
Job 31:31 (show verse)
{Have the people of my tent not said}, '{O that} someone had not been satisfied with his meat'?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:32 (show verse)
An alien has not lodged in the street; I have opened my door to the traveler.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:33 (show verse)
{Have I concealed} my transgressions as [other] human beings to hide my iniquity in my bosom
Job 31:34 (show verse)
because I dreaded [the] great multitude, and [the] contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept quiet, I did not go out of [the] doorway?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:35 (show verse)
{O that} {I had} someone hearing me! Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me! {As for} [the] written communication [that] {my adversary} has written,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:36 (show verse)
I would {surely} carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me [like] a crown.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:37 (show verse)
I would give him an account of my steps; I would approach him like a noble.
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, or I have caused [the] breath of its owners to die,
Job 31:40 (show verse)
let thorns grow in place of wheat and noxious weeds in place of barley." The words of Job are ended.