Book of Job, Chapter 31

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Job 31 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 31 of Job—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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¶ “I have made a covenant with my ¹eyes;
How then could I gaze at a virgin?
“And what is ²the portion of God from above
Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
“Is it not ³calamity to the unjust
And disaster to ⁴those who work iniquity?
“Does He not ⁵see my ways
And ⁶number all my steps?
¶ “If I have ⁷walked with falsehood,
And my foot has hastened after deceit,
Let Him ⁸weigh me with ^[a]accurate scales,
And let God know ⁹my integrity.
“If my step has ¹⁰turned from the way,
Or my heart ^[b]followed my eyes,
Or if any ¹¹spot has stuck to my hands,
Let me ¹²sow and another eat,
And let my ^[c]¹³crops be uprooted.
¶ “If my heart has been ¹⁴enticed by a woman,
Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,
May my wife ¹⁵grind for another,
And let ¹⁶others ^[d]kneel down over her.
“For that would be a ¹⁷lustful crime;
Moreover, it would be ¹⁸an iniquity punishable by judges.
“For it would be ¹⁹fire that consumes to ^[e]²⁰Abaddon,
And would ²¹uproot all my ^[f]increase.
¶ “If I have ²²despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,
What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?
“Did not ²³He who made me in the womb make him,
And the same one fashion us in the womb?
¶ “If I have kept ²⁴the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of ²⁵the widow to fail,
Or have ²⁶eaten my morsel alone,
And ²⁷the orphan has not ^[g]shared it
(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from ^[h]infancy I guided her),
If I have seen anyone perish ²⁸for lack of clothing,
Or that ²⁹the needy had no covering,
If his loins have not ^[i]thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
If I have lifted up my hand against ³⁰the orphan,
Because I saw ^[j]I had support ³¹in the gate,
Let my shoulder fall from the ^[k]socket,
And my ³²arm be broken off ^[l]at the elbow.
“For ³³calamity from God is a terror to me,
And because of ³⁴His ^[m]majesty I can do nothing.
¶ “If I have put my confidence in ³⁵gold,
And called fine gold my trust,
If I have ³⁶gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had secured so much;
If I have ³⁷looked at the ^[n]sun when it shone
Or the moon going in splendor,
And my heart became secretly enticed,
And my hand ^[o]threw a kiss from my mouth,
That too would have been ³⁸an iniquity calling for ^[p]judgment,
For I would have ³⁹denied God above.
¶ “Have I ⁴⁰rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or ^[q]exulted when evil befell him?
“^[r]No, ⁴¹I have not ^[s]allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for his life in ⁴²a curse.
“Have the men of my tent not said,
‘Who can ^[t]find one who has not been ⁴³satisfied with his meat’?
“The alien has not lodged outside,
For I have opened my doors to the ^[u]traveler.
“Have I ⁴⁴covered my transgressions like ^[v]Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
Because I ⁴⁵feared the great multitude,
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And kept silent and did not go out of doors?
“Oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my ^[w]signature;
⁴⁶Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my ⁴⁷adversary has written,
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
I would bind it to myself like a crown.
“I would declare to Him ⁴⁸the number of my steps;
Like ⁴⁹a prince I would approach Him.
¶ “If my ⁵⁰land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;
If I have ⁵¹eaten its ^[x]fruit without money,
Or have ⁵²caused ^[y]its owners to lose their lives,
Let ⁵³briars ^[z]grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed instead of barley.”
¶ The words of Job are ended.

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FOOTNOTES

^ Lit just
^ Lit walked after
^ Or offspring
^ I.e. sexual relations
^ I.e. place of destruction
^ Or yield
^ Lit eaten from it
^ Lit my mother’s womb
^ Lit blessed
^ Lit my help
^ Lit shoulder; or back
^ Lit from the bone of the upper arm
^ Lit exaltation
^ Lit light
^ Lit kissed my mouth
^ Lit judges
^ Lit lifted myself up
^ Lit And
^ Lit given my palate
^ Lit give
^ M.T. way
^ Or mankind
^ Lit mark
^ Lit strength
^ Lit the soul of its owners to expire
^ Lit come forth

REFERENCES

^ Mt 5:28
^ Jb 20:29
^ Jb 18:12; 21:30
^ Jb 34:22
^ 2Ch 16:9; Jb 24:23; 28:24; 34:21; 36:7; Pr 5:21; 15:3
^ Jb 14:16; 31:37
^ Jb 15:31; Mc 2:11
^ Jb 6:2, 3
^ Jb 23:10; 27:5, 6
^ Jb 23:11
^ Jb 9:30
^ Le 26:16; Jb 20:18; Mc 6:15
^ Jb 31:12
^ Jb 24:15; 31:1
^ Is 47:2
^ De 28:30; Je 8:10
^ Le 20:10; De 22:24
^ Jb 31:28
^ Jb 15:30
^ Jb 26:6
^ Jb 20:28; 31:8
^ De 24:14, 15
^ Jb 10:3
^ Jb 5:16; 20:19
^ Ex 22:22-24; Jb 22:9
^ Jb 22:7
^ Jb 29:12
^ Jb 22:6; 29:13
^ Jb 24:4
^ Jb 29:12; 31:17
^ Jb 29:7
^ Jb 38:15
^ Jb 31:3
^ Jb 13:11
^ Jb 22:24; Mr 10:23-25
^ Jb 1:3, 10; Ps 62:10
^ De 4:19; 17:3; Eze 8:16
^ De 17:2-7; Jb 31:11
^ Jos 24:27; Is 59:13
^ Pr 17:5; 24:17; Ob 12
^ Ps 7:4
^ Jb 5:3
^ Jb 22:7
^ Ge 3:10; Pr 28:13
^ Ex 23:2
^ Jb 19:7; 30:20, 24, 28; 35:14
^ Jb 27:7
^ Jb 31:4
^ Jb 1:3; 29:25
^ Jb 24:2
^ Jb 24:6, 10-12; Jm 5:4
^ 1Ki 21:19
^ Jb 32:13; Is 5:6

Book of Job, Chapter 31

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