Book of Job, Chapter 31
Job 31 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 31 of Job—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ “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.
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
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