Thematic Bible
Job 31:1 (show verse)
"I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?
Job 31:2 (show verse)
What then would be one's lot from God above, one's heritage from the Almighty on high?
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Job 31:3 (show verse)
Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work 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 in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit --
Job 31:6 (show verse)
let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.
Job 31:7 (show verse)
If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:8 (show verse)
then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:9 (show verse)
If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
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Job 31:10 (show verse)
then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her.
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Job 31:11 (show verse)
For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.
Job 31:12 (show verse)
For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.
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Job 31:13 (show verse)
"If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,
Job 31:14 (show verse)
then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?
Job 31:15 (show verse)
Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb?
Job 31:16 (show verse)
If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Job 31:17 (show verse)
If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans --
Job 31:18 (show verse)
but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow!
Job 31:19 (show verse)
If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,
Job 31:20 (show verse)
whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,
Job 31:21 (show verse)
if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,
Job 31:22 (show verse)
then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.
Job 31:23 (show verse)
For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.
Job 31:24 (show verse)
"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'
Job 31:25 (show verse)
if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,
Job 31:26 (show verse)
if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,
Job 31:27 (show verse)
so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,
Job 31:28 (show verse)
then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.
Job 31:29 (show verse)
If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him --
Job 31:30 (show verse)
I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse --
Job 31:31 (show verse)
if the members of my household have never said, 'If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job's meat!' --
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:32 (show verse)
But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler --
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Job 31:33 (show verse)
if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,
Job 31:34 (show verse)
because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors --
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:35 (show verse)
"If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature -- let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:36 (show verse)
Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;
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Job 31:37 (show verse)
I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him.
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Job 31:38 (show verse)
"If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,
Job 31:39 (show verse)
if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,
Job 31:40 (show verse)
then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!" The words of Job are ended.