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Job 31 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Job Defends His Righteousness

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:1 - “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
Why then should I look upon a young woman?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:2 - For what is the allotment of God from above,
And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3 - Is it not destruction for the wicked,
And disaster for the workers of iniquity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:4 - Does He not see my ways,
And count all my steps?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:5 - “If I have walked with falsehood,
Or if 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 on honest scales,
That God may know my integrity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:7 - If my step has turned from the way,
Or my heart walked after my eyes,
Or if any spot adheres 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;
Yes, let my harvest be rooted out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:9 - “If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
Or if I have lurked 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 over her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:11 - For that would be wickedness;
Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12 - For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction,
And would root out all my increase.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 - “If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant
When they complained 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 punishes, how 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 them?
Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16 - “If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:17 - Or eaten my morsel by myself,
So that the fatherless could not eat of it

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - (But from my youth I reared him as 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 any poor man without covering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 - If I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
When I saw I had help in the gate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:22 - Then let my arm fall from my shoulder,
Let my arm be torn from the socket.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:23 - For destruction from God is a terror to me,
And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:24 - “If I have made gold my hope,
Or said to fine gold, ‘You are 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 great,
And because my hand had gained much;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - If I have observed the sun[fn] when it shines,
Or the moon moving in brightness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27 - So that 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 deserving of judgment,
For I would have denied God who is above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:29 - “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
Or lifted myself up when evil found him

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:30 - (Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for a curse on his soul);

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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 satisfied with his meat?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:32 - (But no sojourner had to lodge in the street,
For I have opened my doors to the traveler[fn]);

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:33 - If I have covered my transgressions as Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 - Because I feared the great multitude,
And dreaded the contempt of families,
So that I kept silence
And did not go out of the door—

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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 mark.
Oh, that the Almighty would answer me,
That my Prosecutor had written a book!

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:37 - I would declare to Him the number of my steps;
Like a prince I would approach Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:38 - “If my land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - If I have eaten its fruit[fn] without money,
Or caused its owners to lose their lives;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:40 - Then let thistles grow instead of wheat,
And weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Literally her (compare verse 16)
Literally loins
Literally light
Following Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads road.
Literally its strength
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Job Chapter 31 — Additional Translations:

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