New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 31:19-34

19If I have seen anyone perish 1for lack of clothing, Or that 2the needy had no covering,20If his loins have not 3thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,21If I have lifted up my hand against 4the orphan, Because I saw 5I had support 6in the gate,22Let my shoulder fall from the 7socket, And my 8arm be broken off 9at the elbow.23For 10calamity from God is a terror to me, And because of 11His 12majesty I can do nothing.

24“If I have put my confidence in 13gold, And called fine gold my trust,25If I have 14gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much;26If I have 15looked at the 16sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor,27And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand 17threw a kiss from my mouth,28That too would have been 18an iniquity calling for 19judgment, For I would have 20denied God above.

29“Have I 21rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy, Or 22exulted when evil befell him?30 23No, 24I have not 25allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in 26a curse.31Have the men of my tent not said, ‘Who can 27find one who has not been 28satisfied with his meat’?32The alien has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the 29traveler.33Have I 30covered my transgressions like 31Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,34Because I 32feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors?

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Notes

1. Job 31:19 Job 22:6; 29:13 ↩
2. Job 31:19 Job 24:4 ↩
3. Job 31:20 Lit blessed ↩
4. Job 31:21 Job 29:12; 31:17 ↩
5. Job 31:21 Lit my help ↩
6. Job 31:21 Job 29:7 ↩
7. Job 31:22 Lit shoulder; or back ↩
8. Job 31:22 Job 38:15 ↩
9. Job 31:22 Lit from the bone of the upper arm ↩
10. Job 31:23 Job 31:3 ↩
11. Job 31:23 Job 13:11 ↩
12. Job 31:23 Lit exaltation ↩
13. Job 31:24 Job 22:24; Mark 10:23-25 ↩
14. Job 31:25 Job 1:3, 10; Ps 62:10 ↩
15. Job 31:26 Deut 4:19; 17:3; Ezek 8:16 ↩
16. Job 31:26 Lit light ↩
17. Job 31:27 Lit kissed my mouth ↩
18. Job 31:28 Deut 17:2-7; Job 31:11 ↩
19. Job 31:28 Lit judges ↩
20. Job 31:28 Josh 24:27; Is 59:13 ↩
21. Job 31:29 Prov 17:5; 24:17; Obad 12 ↩
22. Job 31:29 Lit lifted myself up ↩
23. Job 31:30 Lit And ↩
24. Job 31:30 Ps 7:4 ↩
25. Job 31:30 Lit given my palate ↩
26. Job 31:30 Job 5:3 ↩
27. Job 31:31 Lit give ↩
28. Job 31:31 Job 22:7 ↩
29. Job 31:32 M.T. way ↩
30. Job 31:33 Gen 3:10; Prov 28:13 ↩
31. Job 31:33 Or mankind ↩
32. Job 31:34 Ex 23:2 ↩

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