1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?2For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?4Does He not see my ways and count my every step?Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?5If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceitIf I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit6let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);7If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:8then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;10then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.11For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:12For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;14what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?15Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,17if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of itOr have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof18though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;20if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:22then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;26if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,27so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found himIf I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him30I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—(I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?32but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—(the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,34because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:37I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.38if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:40then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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