American Standard Version
Job 31:5-23
5If I have walkedH1980 with falsehoodH7723,And my footH7272 hath hasted to deceitH48206(Let me be weighedH8254 in an even balance,That GodH433 may knowH3045 mine integrityH8538);7If my stepH838 hath turnedH5186 out of the wayH1870,And my heartH3820 walkedH1980 after mine eyesH5869,And if any spot hath cleaved to my handsH3709:8Then let me sowH2232, and let another eatH398;Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.9If my heartH3820 hath been enticedH6601 unto a womanH802,And I have laid waitH693 at my neighbor’sH7453 doorH6607;10Then let my wifeH802 grindH2912 unto another,And let othersH312 bowH3766 downH3766 upon her.11For that were a heinous crime;Yea, it were an iniquityH5771 to be punished by the judges:12For it is a fireH784 that consumeth unto Destruction,And would rootH8327 out all mine increase.13If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant,When they contendedH7378 with me;14What then shall I do when GodH410 riseth up?And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?15Did not he that madeH6213 me in the wombH990 makeH6213 him?And did not oneH259 fashion us in the wombH990?16If I have withheldH4513 the poorH1800 fromtheirdesireH2656,Or have caused the eyesH5869 of the widowH490 to failH3615,17Or have eatenH398 my morselH6595 aloneH905,And the fatherlessH3490 hath not eatenH398 thereof18(Nay, from my youthH5271 he grewH1431 up with me as with a fatherH1,And her have I guidedH5148 from my mother’sH517 wombH990);19If I have seenH7200 any perishH6 for want of clothingH3830,Or that the needyH34 had no coveringH3682;20If his loinsH2504 have not blessedH1288 me,And if he hath not been warmedH2552 with the fleeceH1488 of my sheep;21If I have lifted up my handH3027 against the fatherlessH3490,Because I sawH7200 my helpH5833 in the gateH8179:22Then let my shoulderH3802 fallH5307 from the shoulder-blade,And mine armH248 be brokenH7665 from the bone.23For calamityH343 from GodH410 is a terrorH6343 to me,And by reason of his majestyH7613 I can do nothing.
Read all of Job 31Commentaries on Job 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
Commentaries