Berean Standard Bible

Job 31:19-34

19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,20if his heart has not blessed me1 for warming him 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,22then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

24If I have put my trust in goldor called pure gold my security,25if I have rejoiced in my great wealthbecause my hand had gained so much,26if I have beheld the sun2 in its radianceor the moon moving in splendor,27so that my heart was secretly enticedand my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,28this would also be an iniquity to be judged,for I would have denied God on high.

29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin,or exulted when evil befell him—30I have not allowed my mouth to sinby asking for his life with a curse—31if the men of my house have not said,‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—32but no stranger had to lodge on the street,for my door has been open to the traveler—33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam3by hiding my guilt in my heart,34because I greatly feared the crowdsand the contempt of the clans terrified me,so that I kept silentand would not go outside—

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1. Job 31:20 Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me ↩
2. Job 31:26 Hebrew the light ↩
3. Job 31:33 Or like men ↩

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