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Job 31 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:1 - "I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin?

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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 - Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity?

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

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

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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 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 cleaved to my hands;

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:9 - "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10 - then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon 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 which consumes unto Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - (for from his youth I reared him as a father, and from his mother's womb I guided him);

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:19 - if I have seen any one perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without covering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:20 - if his loins have not blessed me, 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 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 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 great, or because my hand had gotten much;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:26

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

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

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

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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 wayfarer);

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:33 - if I have concealed my transgressions from men, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - if I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners;

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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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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

Availability: Freely available for non-commercial use provided that this header is included in its entirety with any copy distributed.

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