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Job 31 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:1 - “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
how then could I gaze at a virgin?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:2 - What would be my portion from God above
and my heritage from the Almighty on high?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3 - Is not calamity for the unrighteous,
and disaster for the workers of iniquity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:4 - Does not he see my ways
and number all my steps?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:5 - “If I have walked with falsehood
and my foot has hastened to deceit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6 - (Let me be weighed in a just balance,
and let God know my integrity!)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:7 - if my step has turned aside from the way
and my heart has gone after my eyes,
and if any spot has stuck to my hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:8 - then let me sow, and another eat,
and let what grows for me[fn] be rooted out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:9 - “If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10 - then let my wife grind for another,
and let others bow down on her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:11 - For that would be a heinous crime;
that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12 - for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon,
and it would burn to the root all my increase.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 - “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,
when they brought a complaint against me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:14 - what then shall I do when God rises up?
When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:15 - Did not he who made me in the womb make him?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16 - “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired,
or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:17 - or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - (for from my youth the fatherless[fn] grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow[fn]),

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:19 - if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
or the needy without covering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:20 - if his body has not blessed me,[fn]
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 - if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
because I saw my help in the gate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:22 - then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
and let my arm be broken from its socket.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:23 - For I was in terror of calamity from God,
and I could not have faced his majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:24 - “If I have made gold my trust
or called fine gold my confidence,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:25 - if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant
or because my hand had found much,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - if I have looked at the sun[fn] when it shone,
or the moon moving in splendor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27 - and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my mouth has kissed my hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:28 - this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I would have been false to God above.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:29 - “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
or exulted when evil overtook him

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:30 - (I have not let my mouth sin
by asking for his life with a curse),

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 - if the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:32 - (the sojourner has not lodged in the street;
I have opened my doors to the traveler),

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:33 - if I have concealed my transgressions as others do[fn]
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 - because I stood in great fear of the multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - Oh, that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!)
Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:36 - Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;
I would bind it on me as a crown;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:37 - I would give him an account of all my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:38 - “If my land has cried out against me
and its furrows have wept together,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - if I have eaten its yield without payment
and made its owners breathe their last,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:40 - let thorns grow instead of wheat,
and foul weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
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Or let my descendants
Hebrew he
Hebrew her
Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me
Hebrew the light
Or as Adam did
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