Job 31 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Job Asserts His Integrity

Job 31:1

Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes;
How then could I gaze at a virgin?

Job 31:2

Job 31:2“And what is the portion of God from above
Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

Job 31:3

Job 31:3“Is it not calamity to the unjust
And disaster to those who work iniquity?

Job 31:4

Job 31:4“Does He not see my ways
And number all my steps?

Job 31:5

Job 31:5“If I have walked with falsehood,
And my foot has hastened after deceit,

Job 31:6

Job 31:6Let Him weigh me with [fn]accurate scales,
And let God know my integrity.

Job 31:7

Job 31:7“If my step has turned from the way,
Or my heart [fn]followed my eyes,
Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,

Job 31:8

Job 31:8Let me sow and another eat,
And let my [fn]crops be uprooted.

Job 31:9

Job 31:9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,

Job 31:10

Job 31:10May my wife grind for another,
And let others [fn]kneel down over her.

Job 31:11

Job 31:11“For that would be a lustful crime;
Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.

Job 31:12

Job 31:12“For it would be fire that consumes to [fn]Abaddon,
And would uproot all my [fn]increase.

Job 31:13

Job 31:13“If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,

Job 31:14

Job 31:14What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

Job 31:15

Job 31:15“Did not He who made me in the womb make him,
And the same one fashion us in the womb?

Job 31:16

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

Job 31:17

Job 31:17Or have eaten my morsel alone,
And the orphan has not [fn]shared it

Job 31:18

Job 31:18(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from [fn]infancy I guided her),

Job 31:19

Job 31:19If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
Or that the needy had no covering,

Job 31:20

Job 31:20If his loins have not [fn]thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

Job 31:21

Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw [fn]I had support in the gate,

Job 31:22

Job 31:22Let my shoulder fall from the [fn]socket,
And my arm be broken off [fn]at the elbow.

Job 31:23

Job 31:23“For calamity from God is a terror to me,
And because of His [fn]majesty I can do nothing.

Job 31:24

Job 31:24“If I have put my confidence in gold,
And called fine gold my trust,

Job 31:25

Job 31:25If I have gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had secured so much;

Job 31:26

Job 31:26If I have looked at the [fn]sun when it shone
Or the moon going in splendor,

Job 31:27

Job 31:27And my heart became secretly enticed,
And my hand [fn]threw a kiss from my mouth,

Job 31:28

Job 31:28That too would have been an iniquity calling for [fn]judgment,
For I would have denied God above.

Job 31:29

Job 31:29“Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or [fn]exulted when evil befell him?

Job 31:30

Job 31:30“[fn]No, I have not [fn]allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for his life in a curse.

Job 31:31

Job 31:31“Have the men of my tent not said,
‘Who can [fn]find one who has not been satisfied with his meat’?

Job 31:32

Job 31:32“The alien has not lodged outside,
For I have opened my doors to the [fn]traveler.

Job 31:33

Job 31:33“Have I covered my transgressions like [fn]Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

Job 31:34

Job 31:34Because I feared the great multitude,
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And kept silent and did not go out of doors?

Job 31:35

Job 31:35“Oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my [fn]signature;
Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my adversary has written,

Job 31:36

Job 31:36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
I would bind it to myself like a crown.

Job 31:37

Job 31:37“I would declare to Him the number of my steps;
Like a prince I would approach Him.

Job 31:38

Job 31:38“If my land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;

Job 31:39

Job 31:39If I have eaten its [fn]fruit without money,
Or have caused [fn]its owners to lose their lives,

Job 31:40

Job 31:40Let briars [fn]grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.

See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).

NASB95 Footnotes

(31:6)

Literally: just

(31:7)

Literally: walked after

(31:8)

Or, offspring

(31:10)

I.e. sexual relations

(31:12)

I.e. place of destruction

(31:12)

Or, yield

(31:17)

Literally: eaten from it

(31:18)

Literally: my mother's womb

(31:20)

Literally: blessed

(31:21)

Literally: my help

(31:22)

Literally: shoulder; or back

(31:22)

Literally: from the bone of the upper arm

(31:23)

Literally: exaltation

(31:26)

Literally: light

(31:27)

Literally: kissed my mouth

(31:28)

Literally: judges

(31:29)

Literally: lifted myself up

(31:30)

Literally: And

(31:30)

Literally: given my palate

Literally: give

M.T. way

Or, mankind

Literally: mark

Literally: strength

(31:39)

Literally: the soul of its owners to expire

(31:40)

Literally: come forth

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Job 31 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Job Asserts His Integrity

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