Thematic Bible
Job 31:1 (show verse)
I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.
Job 31:2 (show verse)
What is man's lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high?
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Job 31:3 (show verse)
Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?
Job 31:4 (show verse)
Does he not see my ways and count my every step?
Job 31:5 (show verse)
If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit
Job 31:6 (show verse)
let God weigh me on honest scales and he will know that I am blameless.
Job 31:7 (show verse)
If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,
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Job 31:8 (show verse)
then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
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Job 31:9 (show verse)
If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,
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Job 31:10 (show verse)
then may my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her.
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Job 31:11 (show verse)
For that would have been shameful (a crime), a sin to be judged.
Job 31:12 (show verse)
That would be a fire consuming down to destruction, and it would burn all my harvest to the root.
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Job 31:13 (show verse)
If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, 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 the one who made me in the womb make them? And did that 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)
If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it,
Job 31:18 (show verse)
for from my youth I reared 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 perish for lack of clothing, or a poor person without covering,
Job 31:20 (show verse)
whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Job 31:21 (show verse)
if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had 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)
I was in terror of destruction from God and I could not face 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 great, or because my hand had gotten 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 denied God above.
Job 31:29 (show verse)
If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook them,
Job 31:30 (show verse)
I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse.
Job 31:31 (show verse)
If those of my tent ever said: 'Who is not satisfied with his food?
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Job 31:32 (show verse)
The stranger has not lodged in the street for I have opened my doors to the traveler.
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Job 31:33 (show verse)
If I have concealed my transgressions as others do (like Adam), 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 silent and did not go out of doors.
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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!
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Job 31:36 (show verse)
Surely I would carry it 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 account of all my steps. Like a prince I would approach him.
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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 caused the death of its owners;
Job 31:40 (show verse)
let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended, JOB QUITE TALKING.