Job 31 — TOJB

31Verse 1I made a brit (covenant) with mine eyes;
how then look I upon a betulah?
^{Verse 2}For what chelek of Eloah is there from above?
And what nachalah of Shaddai from on high?
^{Verse 3}Is not destruction to the wicked?
And a disaster to the poalei aven (workers of wrong)?
^{Verse 4}Doth not He see my derech,
and count all my steps?
^{Verse 5}If I have walked with shav (vanity, falsehood),
or if my regel hath hasted to mirmah (deceit),
^{Verse 6}Let me be weighed in scales of tzedek
that Eloah may know mine tom (integrity).
^{Verse 7}If my step hath turned out of the derech,
and mine lev walked after mine eyes,
and if any mum hath cleaved to mine hands,
^{Verse 8}Then let me sow, and let acher (another) eat;
yea, let my harvest be uprooted.^{Verse 9}If mine lev have been deceived by an isha,
or if I have lurked at petach (doorway) of my re'a;
^{Verse 10}Then let my isha grind for another,
and let another kneel over her.
^{Verse 11}For this is a heinous crime;
yea, it is an avon to be brought before judges.
^{Verse 12}For it is an eish that consumeth to Abaddon,
and would root out all mine increase.^{Verse 13}If I did despise the mishpat (cause) of my eved or of my amah,
when they contended with me,
^{Verse 14}What then shall I do when El riseth up?
And when He visiteth, what shall I answer Him?
^{Verse 15}Did not He that made me in the beten make them?
And did not Echad fashion us in the rechem?^{Verse 16}If I have withheld the poor from their chefetz (desire),
or have caused the eyes of the almanah to grow weary,
^{Verse 17}Or have eaten my morsel myself alone,
and the yatom hath not eaten thereof;
^{Verse 18}(For from my youth he was brought up with me,
as with an av,
and I have guided her from beten immi;)
^{Verse 19}If I have seen any oved (one perishing) for want of clothing,
or any evyon (needy) without covering,
^{Verse 20}If his heart did not bless me for warming him
with the giz (fleece) of my sheep,
^{Verse 21}If I have lifted up my yad against the yatom,
when I saw my influence in the sha'ar (gate, court);
^{Verse 22}Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder,
and mine zero'a be broken from its socket.
^{Verse 23}For destruction from El was a pachad to me,
and by reason of His majesty I could not endure.^{Verse 24}If I have made zahav my hope,
or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my security,
^{Verse 25}If I rejoice because my wealth was rav (great),
and because mine yad had gotten much,
^{Verse 26}If I beheld the ohr when it shined,
or the yarei'ach moving in splendor,
^{Verse 27}And my lev hath been secretly enticed,
or my mouth hath kissed my yad [in heathen worship];
^{Verse 28}This also were an avon to be punished by the judge;
for then I would have been unfaithful, denying El that is on high.^{Verse 29}If I rejoice at the misfortune of him that hated me,
or gloated when rah found him,
^{Verse 30}Neither have I allowed my mouth to sin
by invoking a curse to his nefesh.
^{Verse 31}Have the men of my ohel not said,
Where can we find one who has not been sated with his basar (meat)?
^{Verse 32}The stranger did not spend the night in the street,
but I opened my delet to the ger.
^{Verse 33}If I concealed my peysha like Adam,
by hiding mine avon in my heart,
^{Verse 34}Did I fear a great multitude,
or did the contempt of mishpekhot terrify me,
that I kept silence, and went not out of doors?
^{Verse 35}Oh that one would hear me!
See, my tav [signature], that Shaddai would answer me,
and that mine adversary had written a sefer [of indictment];
^{Verse 36}Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder,
and bind it to me like atarot (crowns).
^{Verse 37}I would declare unto Him the number of my steps;
like a nagid (prince) would I go near unto Him.^{Verse 38}If my adamah cry against me,
or if the furrows had wept together,
^{Verse 39}If I have eaten the yield thereof without kesef (payment),
or have broken the nefesh of the tenants thereof,
^{Verse 40}Let thistles grow instead of chittim (wheat), and weed instead of barley.
The divrei Iyov are ended.