Job 31
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Job 31:19-34

19If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;

20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

21If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:

22[Then] let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!

23For calamity from 1God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.

24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

26If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

27And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

28This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the 2God who is above.

29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

30(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)

31If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? —

32The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.

33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

34Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, ...

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  1. 1. Job 31:23 31.23 El ↩
  2. 2. Job 31:28 31.28 El ↩

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