Job 31 — NWB

31Verse 1I Made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?^{Verse 2}For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?^{Verse 3}Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?^{Verse 4}Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?^{Verse 5}If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;^{Verse 6}Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.^{Verse 7}If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to my hands;^{Verse 8}Then let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out.^{Verse 9}If my heart hath been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;^{Verse 10}Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.^{Verse 11}For this is a hainous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.^{Verse 12}For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase.^{Verse 13}If I despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me;^{Verse 14}What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?^{Verse 15}Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?^{Verse 16}If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;^{Verse 17}Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it;^{Verse 18}(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)^{Verse 19}If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;^{Verse 20}If his loins have not blessed me, and if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;^{Verse 21}If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:^{Verse 22}Then let my arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.^{Verse 23}For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.^{Verse 24}If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;^{Verse 25}If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gained much;^{Verse 26}If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;^{Verse 27}And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:^{Verse 28}This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.^{Verse 29}If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or have lifted up myself when evil found him:^{Verse 30}Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.^{Verse 31}If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.^{Verse 32}The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveler.^{Verse 33}If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom:^{Verse 34}Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?^{Verse 35}Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is , that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.^{Verse 36}Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.^{Verse 37}I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him.^{Verse 38}If my land crieth against me, or its furrows likewise complain;^{Verse 39}If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life:^{Verse 40}Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.