Job 31
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Job 31:5-23

5If I have walkedH1980 with vanityH7723, or if my footH7272 hath hastedH2363 to deceitH4820;

6Let me be weighedH8254 in an evenH6664 balanceH3976, that GodH433 may knowH3045 mine integrityH8538.1

7If my stepH838 hath turned outH5186 of the wayH1870, and mine heartH3820 walkedH1980 afterH310 mine eyesH5869, and if any blotH3971 hath cleavedH1692 to mine handsH3709;

8Then let me sowH2232, and let anotherH312 eatH398; yea, let my offspringH6631 be rooted outH8327.

9If mine heartH3820 have been deceivedH6601 by a womanH802, or if I have laid waitH693 at my neighbour’sH7453 doorH6607;

10Then let my wifeH802 grindH2912 unto anotherH312, and let othersH312 bow downH3766 upon her.

11For this is an heinous crimeH2154; yea, it is an iniquityH5771 to be punished by the judgesH6414.

12For it is a fireH784 that consumethH398 to destructionH11, and would root outH8327 all mine increaseH8393.

13If I did despiseH3988 the causeH4941 of my manservantH5650 or of my maidservantH519, when they contendedH7379 with me;

14What then shall I doH6213 when GodH410 riseth upH6965? and when he visitethH6485, what shall I answerH7725 him?

15Did not he that madeH6213 me in the wombH990 makeH6213 him? and did not oneH259 fashionH3559 us in the wombH7358?2

16If I have withheldH4513 the poorH1800 from their desireH2656, or have caused the eyesH5869 of the widowH490 to failH3615;

17Or have eatenH398 my morselH6595 myself alone, and the fatherlessH3490 hath not eatenH398 thereof;

18(For from my youthH5271 he was brought upH1431 with me, as with a fatherH1, and I have guidedH5148 her from my mother’sH517 wombH990;)3

19If I have seenH7200 any perishH6 for want of clothingH3830, or any poorH34 without coveringH3682;

20If his loinsH2504 have not blessedH1288 me, and if he were not warmedH2552 with the fleeceH1488 of my sheepH3532;

21If I have lifted upH5130 my handH3027 against the fatherlessH3490, when I sawH7200 my helpH5833 in the gateH8179:

22Then let mine armH3802 fallH5307 from my shoulder bladeH7929, and mine armH248 be brokenH7665 from the boneH7070.4

23For destructionH343 from GodH410 was a terrorH6343 to me, and by reason of his highnessH7613 I couldH3201 not endure.

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 31:6 Let…: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice ↩
  2. 2. Job 31:15 did not one…: or, did he not fashion us in one womb? ↩
  3. 3. Job 31:18 her: that is, the widow ↩
  4. 4. Job 31:22 bone: or, chanelbone ↩

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