Job 31

1 A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what — do I attend to a virgin?YLT — Job 31:1

2 And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?YLT — Job 31:2

3 Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?YLT — Job 31:3

4 Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?YLT — Job 31:4

5 If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,YLT — Job 31:5

6 He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.YLT — Job 31:6

7 If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,YLT — Job 31:7

8 Let me sow — and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.YLT — Job 31:8

9 If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,YLT — Job 31:9

10 Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.YLT — Job 31:10

11 For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;YLT — Job 31:11

12 For a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,YLT — Job 31:12

13 If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,YLT — Job 31:13

14 Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?YLT — Job 31:14

15 Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.YLT — Job 31:15

16 If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,YLT — Job 31:16

17 And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,YLT — Job 31:17

18 (But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)YLT — Job 31:18

19 If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,YLT — Job 31:19

20 If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,YLT — Job 31:20

21 If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,YLT — Job 31:21

22 My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.YLT — Job 31:22

23 For a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able.YLT — Job 31:23

24 If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, ‘My trust,’YLT — Job 31:24

25 If I rejoice because great [is] my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,YLT — Job 31:25

26 If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking,YLT — Job 31:26

27 And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,YLT — Job 31:27

28 It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.YLT — Job 31:28

29 If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,YLT — Job 31:29

30 Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.YLT — Job 31:30

31 If not — say ye, O men of my tent, ‘O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.’YLT — Job 31:31

32 In the street doth not lodge a stranger, My doors to the traveller I open.YLT — Job 31:32

33 If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,YLT — Job 31:33

34 Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.YLT — Job 31:34

35 Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.YLT — Job 31:35

36 If not — on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.YLT — Job 31:36

37 The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.YLT — Job 31:37

38 If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,YLT — Job 31:38

39 If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,YLT — Job 31:39

40 Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.YLT — Job 31:40