Job 31 — UBES
31Verse 1I made a covenant with mine eyes,
And I will not think upon a virgin.
Verse 2Now what portion has God given from above?
And is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?
Verse 3Alas! destruction to the unrighteous,
And rejection to them that do iniquity.
Verse 4Will he not see my way,
And number all my steps?
Verse 5But if I had gone with scorners,
And if too my foot has hastened to deceit
Verse 6(For I am weighed in a just balance,
And the Lord knows my innocence):
Verse 7If my foot has turned aside out of the way,
Or if my heart has followed mine eye,
And if too I have touched gifts with my hands;
Verse 8Then let me sow, and let others eat;
And let me be uprooted on the earth.
Verse 9If my heart has gone forth after another man’s wife,
And if I laid wait at her doors;
Verse 10Then let my wife also please another,
And let my children be brought low.
Verse 11For the rage of anger is not to be controlled,
In the case of defiling another man’s wife.
Verse 12For it is a fire burning on every side,
And whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.Verse 13And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid,
When they pleaded with me;
Verse 14What then shall I do if the Lord should try me?
And if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?
Verse 15Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb?
Yea, we were formed in the same womb.Verse 16But the helpless missed not whatever need they had,
And I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.
Verse 17And if too I ate my morsel alone,
And did not impart of it to the orphan
Verse 18(For I nourished them as a father from my youth,
And guided them from my mother’s womb).
Verse 19And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;
Verse 20And if the poor did not bless me,
And their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
Verse 21If I lifted my hand against an orphan,
Trusting that my strength was far superior to his:
Verse 22Let then my shoulder start from the bladebone,
And my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
Verse 23For the fear of the Lord constrained me,
And I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.Verse 24If I made gold my treasure,
And if too I trusted the precious stone;
Verse 25And if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant,
And if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures
Verse 26(Do we not see the shining sun eclipsed,
And the moon waning? for they have not power to continue):
Verse 27And if my heart was secretly deceived,
And if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:
Verse 28Let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity:
For I should have lied against the Lord Most High.
Verse 29And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies,
And my heart said, Aha!
Verse 30Let then mine ear hear my curse,
And let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.Verse 31And if too my handmaids have often said,
Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh
(Whereas I was very kind:
Verse 32For the stranger did not lodge without,
And my door was opened to everyone that came):
Verse 33Or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin
Verse 34(For I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them):
And if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom
Verse 35(Oh that I had a hearer),
And if I had not feared the hand of the Lord;
And as to the written charge which I had against anyone,
Verse 36I would place it as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.
Verse 37And if not, tearing it up I would return it,
Having taken nothing from the debtor.Verse 38If at any time the land groaned against me,
And if its furrows mourned together;
Verse 39And if I ate its strength alone without price,
And if too I grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking aught from him:
Verse 40Then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat,
And a bramble instead of barley.
And Job ceased speaking.
And I will not think upon a virgin.
Verse 2Now what portion has God given from above?
And is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?
Verse 3Alas! destruction to the unrighteous,
And rejection to them that do iniquity.
Verse 4Will he not see my way,
And number all my steps?
Verse 5But if I had gone with scorners,
And if too my foot has hastened to deceit
Verse 6(For I am weighed in a just balance,
And the Lord knows my innocence):
Verse 7If my foot has turned aside out of the way,
Or if my heart has followed mine eye,
And if too I have touched gifts with my hands;
Verse 8Then let me sow, and let others eat;
And let me be uprooted on the earth.
Verse 9If my heart has gone forth after another man’s wife,
And if I laid wait at her doors;
Verse 10Then let my wife also please another,
And let my children be brought low.
Verse 11For the rage of anger is not to be controlled,
In the case of defiling another man’s wife.
Verse 12For it is a fire burning on every side,
And whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.Verse 13And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid,
When they pleaded with me;
Verse 14What then shall I do if the Lord should try me?
And if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?
Verse 15Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb?
Yea, we were formed in the same womb.Verse 16But the helpless missed not whatever need they had,
And I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.
Verse 17And if too I ate my morsel alone,
And did not impart of it to the orphan
Verse 18(For I nourished them as a father from my youth,
And guided them from my mother’s womb).
Verse 19And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;
Verse 20And if the poor did not bless me,
And their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
Verse 21If I lifted my hand against an orphan,
Trusting that my strength was far superior to his:
Verse 22Let then my shoulder start from the bladebone,
And my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
Verse 23For the fear of the Lord constrained me,
And I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.Verse 24If I made gold my treasure,
And if too I trusted the precious stone;
Verse 25And if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant,
And if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures
Verse 26(Do we not see the shining sun eclipsed,
And the moon waning? for they have not power to continue):
Verse 27And if my heart was secretly deceived,
And if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:
Verse 28Let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity:
For I should have lied against the Lord Most High.
Verse 29And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies,
And my heart said, Aha!
Verse 30Let then mine ear hear my curse,
And let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.Verse 31And if too my handmaids have often said,
Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh
(Whereas I was very kind:
Verse 32For the stranger did not lodge without,
And my door was opened to everyone that came):
Verse 33Or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin
Verse 34(For I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them):
And if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom
Verse 35(Oh that I had a hearer),
And if I had not feared the hand of the Lord;
And as to the written charge which I had against anyone,
Verse 36I would place it as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.
Verse 37And if not, tearing it up I would return it,
Having taken nothing from the debtor.Verse 38If at any time the land groaned against me,
And if its furrows mourned together;
Verse 39And if I ate its strength alone without price,
And if too I grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking aught from him:
Verse 40Then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat,
And a bramble instead of barley.
And Job ceased speaking.