New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 31:20-28

20If his loins have not 1thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,21If I have lifted up my hand against 2the orphan, Because I saw 3I had support 4in the gate,22Let my shoulder fall from the 5socket, And my 6arm be broken off 7at the elbow.23For 8calamity from God is a terror to me, And because of 9His 10majesty I can do nothing.

24“If I have put my confidence in 11gold, And called fine gold my trust,25If I have 12gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much;26If I have 13looked at the 14sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor,27And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand 15threw a kiss from my mouth,28That too would have been 16an iniquity calling for 17judgment, For I would have 18denied God above.

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Notes

1. Job 31:20 Lit blessed ↩
2. Job 31:21 Job 29:12; 31:17 ↩
3. Job 31:21 Lit my help ↩
4. Job 31:21 Job 29:7 ↩
5. Job 31:22 Lit shoulder; or back ↩
6. Job 31:22 Job 38:15 ↩
7. Job 31:22 Lit from the bone of the upper arm ↩
8. Job 31:23 Job 31:3 ↩
9. Job 31:23 Job 13:11 ↩
10. Job 31:23 Lit exaltation ↩
11. Job 31:24 Job 22:24; Mark 10:23-25 ↩
12. Job 31:25 Job 1:3, 10; Ps 62:10 ↩
13. Job 31:26 Deut 4:19; 17:3; Ezek 8:16 ↩
14. Job 31:26 Lit light ↩
15. Job 31:27 Lit kissed my mouth ↩
16. Job 31:28 Deut 17:2-7; Job 31:11 ↩
17. Job 31:28 Lit judges ↩
18. Job 31:28 Josh 24:27; Is 59:13 ↩

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