Job 31 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 31

I have made

a covenant

with my eyes.

How then

could I gaze with desire

at

a virgin?

For what is

the allotment

of God

from above,

or the heritage

from the Almighty

on high?

Does not

disaster

come to the unjust

and calamity

to workers

of iniquity?

Does He

not

see

my ways

and count

my every

step?

If

I have walked

in

falsehood

or my foot

has rushed

to

deceit,

let God weigh me

with honest

scales,

and He

will know

my integrity.

If

my steps

have turned

from

the path,

if my heart

has followed

my eyes,

or impurity

has stuck

to my hands,

then may another

eat

what I have sown,

and my crops

be uprooted.

If

my heart

has been enticed

by

my neighbor’s

wife,

or I have lurked

at

his door,

then may my own wife

grind grain

for another,

and may other men

sleep

with her.

For

that would be

a heinous crime,

an iniquity

to be judged.

For

it

is a fire

that burns

down to

Abaddon;

it would root out

my entire

harvest.

If

I have rejected

the cause

of my manservant

or maidservant

when they made a complaint

against me,

what

will I do

when

God

rises to judge?

How

will I answer

when

called to account?

Did not

He who made me

in the womb

also make them?

Did not the same One

form us

in the womb?

If

I have denied

the desires

of the poor

or allowed the widow’s

eyes

to fail,

if I have eaten

my morsel

alone,

not

sharing

it

with the fatherless—

though

from my youth

I reared him

as would a father,

and from my mother's

womb

I guided the widow—

if

I have seen

one perish

for lack

of clothing,

or a needy man

without

a cloak,

if

his heart

has not

blessed me

for warming him

with the fleece

of my sheep,

if

I have lifted

up my hand

against

the fatherless

because

I saw

that I had support

in the gate,

then may my arm

fall

from my shoulder

and be torn

from its socket.

For

calamity

from God

terrifies

me,

and His splendor

I cannot

overpower.

If

I have put

my trust

in gold

or called

pure gold

my security,

if

I have rejoiced

in

my great

wealth

because

my hand

had gained

so much,

if

I have regarded

the sun

in its radiance

or at the moon

moving

in splendor,

so that my heart

was secretly

enticed

and my hand

threw a kiss

from my mouth,

this

would also be

an iniquity

to be judged,

for

I would have denied

God

on high.

If

I have rejoiced

at my enemy’s

ruin,

or exulted

when

evil

befell him—

I have not

allowed

my mouth

to sin

by asking for

his life

with a curse—

if

the men

of my house

have not

said,

‘Who

is there

who has not

had his fill?’—

but no

stranger

had to lodge

on the street,

for my door

has been open

to the traveler—

if

I have covered

my transgressions

like Adam

by hiding

my guilt

in my heart,

because

I greatly

feared

the crowds,

and the contempt

of the clans

terrified me,

so that I kept silent

and would not

go outside—

Oh, that

I had

one to hear

me!

Here is

my signature—

let the Almighty

answer me;

let my accuser

compose

His indictment.

Surely

I would carry it

on

my shoulder

and wear

it like a crown.

I would give

account

of all my steps;

I would approach Him

like

a prince.

If

my land

cries out

against me

and its furrows

weep

together,

if

I have devoured

its produce

without

payment

or broken the spirit

of its tenants,

then let briers

grow

instead of

wheat

and stinkweed

instead of

barley.”

Thus conclude

the words

of Job.

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