Job 31

1I MADEH3772 a covenantH1285 with mine eyesH5869; howH4100 then should I lookH5869 uponH5921 a maid? 2For whatH4100 is the portionH2506 of GodH433 from aboveH4605, and the heritageH5159 of the AlmightyH7706 from on highH4791? 3Is it notH3808 calamityH343 to the unrighteousH205, and disasterH343 to the workersH6466 of iniquityH205? 4Doth notH3808 he seeH7200 my waysH1870, and numberH5608 allH3605 my stepsH6806? 5IfH518 I have walkedH1980 with vanityH7723, and my footH7272 hath hasted to deceitH4820; 6(Let meH3045 be weighedH8254 in an even balanceH3976, that GodH433 may knowH3045 mine integrityH8538;) 7IfH518 my stepH838 hath turnedH5186 outH4480 of the wayH1870, and mineH4480 heartH3820 walkedH1980 afterH310 mineH4480 eyesH5869, and ifH518 anyH4480 spotH3971 hath cleaved to mineH4480 handsH3709: 8Then let meH398 sowH2232, and let anotherH312 eatH398; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out. 9IfH518 mine heartH3820 have been enticedH6601 unto a womanH802, and I have laid waitH693 at my neighbour’s doorH6607: 10Then let my wifeH802 grindH2912 unto anotherH312, and let othersH312 bowH3766 downH3766 uponH5921 herH5921. 11For that were an heinousH2154 crimeH2154; yeaH3588, it were an iniquityH5771 to be punished by the judgesH6414: 12For it is a fireH784 that consumeth unto DestructionH11, and would rootH8327 outH3605 allH3605 mine increaseH8393. 13IfH518 I did despiseH3988 the causeH4941 of my manservant or of my maidservantH519, when they contendedH7378 with meH5978: 14WhatH4100 then shall I doH6213 when GodH410 riseth upH6965? and when he visiteth, whatH4100 shall I answerH7725 him? 15DidH6213 notH3808 he that madeH6213 meH3808 in the wombH990 makeH6213 him? and didH6213 notH3808 one fashionH3559 usH6213 in the wombH990? 16IfH518 I have withheldH4513 the poorH1800 from their desireH2656, or have caused the eyesH5869 of the widowH490 to failH3615; 17Or have eatenH398 my morselH6595 aloneH905, and the fatherlessH3490 hath notH3808 eatenH398 thereof; 18(Nay, from my youthH5271 he grewH1431 upH1431 with meH990 as with a fatherH1, and I have been herH3588 guideH5148 from my mother’sH517 wombH990;) 19IfH518 I have seenH7200 anyH369 perishH6 for wantH1097 of clothingH3830, or that the needyH34 had noH369 coveringH3682; 20IfH518 his loinsH2504 have notH3808 blessedH1288 meH1288, and ifH518 he were notH3808 warmedH2552 with the fleeceH1488 of my sheepH3532; 21IfH518 I have liftedH5130 upH7200 my handH3027 againstH5921 the fatherlessH3490, becauseH3588 I sawH7200 my helpH5833 in the gateH8179: 22Then let my shoulderH3802 fallH5307 from the shoulderH3802 blade, and mine armH248 be brokenH7665 from the bone. 23For calamityH343 from GodH410 was a terrorH6343 to meH413, and by reason of his excellency I couldH3201 doH3201 nothingH3808. 24IfH518 I have madeH7760 goldH2091 my hope, and have saidH559 to the fineH3800 goldH2091, Thou art my confidenceH4009; 25IfH518 I rejoicedH8055 becauseH3588 my wealthH2428 was greatH7227, and becauseH3588 mine handH3027 had gotten muchH3027; 26IfH518 I beheld the sunH216 when it shined, or the moonH3394 walkingH1980 in brightness; 27And my heartH3820 hath been secretly enticedH6601, and my mouthH6310 hath kissedH5401 my handH3027: 28This also were an iniquityH5771 to be punished by the judges: for I should have liedH3584 to GodH410 that is aboveH4605. 29IfH518 I rejoicedH8055 at the destructionH7451 of him that hatedH8130 meH8130, or liftedH5782 upH5782 myself when evilH7451 foundH4672 him; 30(Yea, I suffered notH3808 my mouthH2441 to sinH2398 by askingH7592 his lifeH5315 with a curseH423;) 31IfH518 the menH4962 of my tentH168 saidH559 notH3808, Who canH4310 findH5414 one that hath notH3808 been satisfiedH7646 with his fleshH1320? 32The strangerH1616 didH3808 notH3808 lodge in the streetH2351; but I openedH6605 my doorsH1817 to the traveller; 33IfH518 like AdamH121 I coveredH3680 my transgressionsH6588, by hidingH2934 mine iniquityH5771 in my bosomH2243; 34BecauseH3588 I fearedH6206 the greatH7227 multitudeH1995, and the contemptH937 of familiesH4940 terrifiedH2865 meH3318, soH3808 that I kept silence, and wentH3318 notH3808 outH3318 of the doorH6607— 35OhH4310 that I had one to hearH8085 meH5414! (loH2005, hereH2005 is my signature, letH5414 the AlmightyH7706 answerH6030 meH5414;) and that I had the indictmentH5612 whichH4310 mine adversaryH7379 hath writtenH3789! 36SurelyH518 I would carryH5375 it uponH5921 my shoulderH7926; I would bindH6029 it unto meH5921 as a crownH5850. 37I would declareH5046 unto him the numberH4557 of my stepsH6806; as a princeH5057 would I goH7126 nearH7126 unto him. 38IfH518 my landH127 cryH2199 outH2199 againstH5921 meH5921, and the furrowsH8525 thereof weepH1058 togetherH3162; 39IfH518 I have eatenH398 the fruits thereof withoutH1097 moneyH3701, or have caused the ownersH1167 thereof to loseH5301 their lifeH5315: 40Let thistlesH2336 growH3318 insteadH8478 of wheatH2406, and cockle insteadH8478 of barleyH8184. The wordsH1697 of JobH347 are endedH8552.