1 "I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman? NHEB — Job 31:1
2 For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from Shaddai on high? NHEB — Job 31:2
3 Is it not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for evildoers? NHEB — Job 31:3
4 Doesn't he see my ways, and number all my steps? NHEB — Job 31:4
5 "If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit NHEB — Job 31:5
6 (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity); NHEB — Job 31:6
7 if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands, NHEB — Job 31:7
8 then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out. NHEB — Job 31:8
9 "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door, NHEB — Job 31:9
10 then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her. NHEB — Job 31:10
11 For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges: NHEB — Job 31:11
12 For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase. NHEB — Job 31:12
13 "If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me; NHEB — Job 31:13
14 What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him? NHEB — Job 31:14
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make him? Did not the same one fashion us in the womb? NHEB — Job 31:15
16 "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, NHEB — Job 31:16
17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it NHEB — Job 31:17
18 (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb); NHEB — Job 31:18
19 if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering; NHEB — Job 31:19
20 if his heart hasn't blessed me, if he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece; NHEB — Job 31:20
21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate, NHEB — Job 31:21
22 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone. NHEB — Job 31:22
23 For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing. NHEB — Job 31:23
24 "If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;' NHEB — Job 31:24
25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; NHEB — Job 31:25
26 if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor, NHEB — Job 31:26
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, NHEB — Job 31:27
28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above. NHEB — Job 31:28
29 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him; NHEB — Job 31:29
30 (yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse); NHEB — Job 31:30
31 if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?' NHEB — Job 31:31
32 (the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler); NHEB — Job 31:32
33 if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart, NHEB — Job 31:33
34 because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door— NHEB — Job 31:34
35 oh that I had one to hear me. (look, here is my signature, let Shaddai answer me); let the accuser write my indictment. NHEB — Job 31:35
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown. NHEB — Job 31:36
37 I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him. NHEB — Job 31:37
38 If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together; NHEB — Job 31:38
39 if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life, NHEB — Job 31:39
40 let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended. NHEB — Job 31:40