Thematic Bible
Job 31:1 (show verse)
I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin?
Job 31:2 (show verse)
For what is the portion from God above? And what is the inheritance from the Almighty on high?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:3 (show verse)
Is not disaster to the perverse, and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
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 vanity, or if my foot has hurried to deceit,
Job 31:6 (show verse)
let me be weighed in an even balance so that God may know my uprightness.
Job 31:7 (show verse)
If my step has turned out of the way, or my heart has walked after my eyes, and if any blot has held fast to my hands;
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:8 (show verse)
then let me sow, and let another eat; and let my harvests be rooted out.
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Job 31:9 (show verse)
If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,
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Job 31:10 (show verse)
then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down on her.
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Job 31:11 (show verse)
For that would be an evil purpose; yea, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
Job 31:12 (show verse)
For it is a fire that devours to the Place of Ruin, and it would root out all my gain.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:13 (show verse)
If I despised the cause of my man servant or of my slave-girl, when they argued with me;
Job 31:14 (show verse)
what then shall I do when God rises up? And when He calls me to account, 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 shape us in the womb?
Job 31:16 (show verse)
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Job 31:17 (show verse)
or have eaten my bit alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it,
Job 31:18 (show verse)
for from my youth he grew up with me, as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided her;
Job 31:19 (show verse)
if I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or there was no covering for the needy;
Job 31:20 (show verse)
if his loins have not blessed me, and he warmed himself with the fleece of my flock;
Job 31:21 (show verse)
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I watched over my help in the gate;
Job 31:22 (show verse)
then let my arm fall from the shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken from the elbow.
Job 31:23 (show verse)
For trouble from God is a terror to me, and I could not do anything because of His highness.
Job 31:24 (show verse)
If I have made gold my hope, or have called fine gold my trust;
Job 31:25 (show verse)
if I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
Job 31:26 (show verse)
if I looked to the light when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,
Job 31:27 (show verse)
and my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand;
Job 31:28 (show verse)
this also would be an iniquity for the judges; for I would have denied the God above.
Job 31:29 (show verse)
If I rejoiced at the ruin of my hater, and I was excited when evil found him;
Job 31:30 (show verse)
also I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;
Job 31:31 (show verse)
if the men of my camp did not say, Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat?
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Job 31:32 (show verse)
The stranger did not sleep in the street, for I opened my doors to the traveler.
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Job 31:33 (show verse)
If I covered my transgressions like Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
Job 31:34 (show verse)
then let me tremble before a great multitude, and be terrified by the scorn of families; and I will be silent and not go out the door.
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Job 31:35 (show verse)
Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my mark. Let the Almighty answer me, and my Accuser write an indictment.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:36 (show verse)
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and bind it like crowns to me.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:37 (show verse)
I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince I would go near Him.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:38 (show verse)
If my lands cry against me, or its furrows weep together;
Job 31:39 (show verse)
if I have eaten its strength without silver, or have caused its owner to expire,
Job 31:40 (show verse)
let thorns come forth instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.