Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
I made a covenant with mine
eyes ;
How then should
I look
upon
a virgin?
“
I have
made a covenant with my
eyes .
How then could
I gaze
with
desire
at
a virgin?
For what is the portion
from
God above, And
the heritage from the Almighty on high?
For what is the allotment
of
God from
above, or
the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Is
it
not calamity
to the unrighteous,
And disaster
to the workers of iniquity?
Does
not disaster
come
to the unjust
and calamity
to the workers of iniquity?
Doth
not
he see my ways ,
And number
all
my steps
?
Does
He not
see my ways and count
my every
step
?
If I have walked with
falsehood ,
And
my foot hath
hasted
to deceit ;
If I have walked in
falsehood or
my foot has
rushed
to deceit ,
(
Let me be
weighed
in
an
even
balance
, That God
may know mine
integrity );
let God
weigh
me with
honest
scales
, that He
may know my
integrity .
If my step
hath
turned out
of
the way
, And
my heart walked
after
mine
eyes, And
if any
spot
hath
cleaved
to my hands :
If my steps
have
turned from
the path
, if
my heart has
followed
my
eyes, or
if impurity
has
stuck
to my hands ,
Then let
me
sow,
and
let
another eat ;
Yea
, let
the
produce
of
my field
be rooted
out
.
then may
another eat what
I
have
sown
, and
may
my crops
be uprooted
.
If my heart hath
been enticed unto
a
woman
, And
I have laid
wait
at my
neighbor's
door ;
If my heart has
been enticed by
my
neighbor’s
wife
, or
I have lurked
at his
door ,
Then let
my wife grind unto
another, And let
others
bow
down
upon
her.
then may
my own
wife grind grain
for
another, and may
other
men
sleep
with
her.
For that were
a heinous crime ;
Yea
, it
were
an iniquity to be punished
by
the
judges:
For that would
be
a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
For it is a fire that consumeth
unto
Destruction,
And
would root out all
mine
increase
.
For it is a fire that burns
down
to
Abaddon;
it
would root out my
entire
harvest
.
If I have despised
the cause of my man-servant
or of
my
maid-servant,
When they contended
with
me ;
If I have rejected
the cause of my manservant
or maidservant
when they made
a
complaint
against
me ,
What then
shall
I do when God riseth
up
? And
when
he
visiteth,
what
shall
I answer him
?
what will
I do when God rises
to
judge
? How
will
I answer when
called
to
account
?
Did not he that
made me in the womb make him
? And
did not one fashion
us in the womb?
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 withheld
the poor from
`their'
desire,
Or have
caused
the eyes of
the
widow
to fail,
If I have denied
the desires
of
the
poor or allowed
the widow’s
eyes to fail,
Or
have eaten my morsel alone, And
the fatherless hath
not
eaten
thereof;
if
I
have eaten my morsel alone, not
sharing
it
with
the fatherless —
(Nay,
from my youth he
grew
up
with
me
as with
a father, And her
have
I
guided
from my mother's
womb );
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 any
perish for want
of clothing, Or that
the
needy had
no
covering;
if I have seen one
perish for lack
of clothing, or a
needy man
without
a
cloak,
If his loins
have
not blessed me ,
And
if
he
hath
not
been
warmed
with the fleece of my sheep ;
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 my
help
in the gate :
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that
I
had
support
in the gate ,
Then let
my shoulder
fall from the
shoulder -blade,
And mine
arm
be broken
from the
bone
.
then may
my arm
fall from my
shoulder and be torn
from its
socket
.
For calamity from God is
a
terror
to
me, And by
reason
of
his majesty
I can
do
nothing
.
For calamity from God terrifies
me, and His splendor
I cannot
overpower
.
If I have made
gold
my hope,
And
have
said
to
the
fine
gold ,
`Thou
art'
my confidence;
If I have put
my trust
in
gold or
called
pure
gold
my security,
If I have rejoiced because
my wealth
was
great ,
And
because my hand had gotten
much ;
if I have rejoiced in
my great wealth
because my hand had gained
so
much ,
If I have beheld the sun when
it
shined,
Or the moon walking
in brightness
,
if I have beheld the sun in
its
radiance
or the moon moving
in splendor
,
And
my heart hath
been
secretly enticed ,
And my mouth
hath
kissed
my
hand :
so
that
my heart was
secretly enticed and my hand threw
a
kiss
from
my
mouth,
This also were
an iniquity to be punished
by
the
judges;
For I should
have denied the
God that
is
above
.
this would
also be
an iniquity to be judged,
for I would
have denied God on
high
.
If I have rejoiced at
the
destruction
of
him
that
hated
me
, Or lifted
up
myself
when evil found
him ;
If I have rejoiced in
my
enemy’s
ruin
, or exulted
when evil befell
him —
(Yea,
I have not suffered
by
mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse );
I have not allowed
my
mouth to sin by asking for
his life with a curse —
If the men of my tent
have not said, Who can
find
one
that
hath
not been
filled
with
his meat
?
if the men of my house
have not said, ‘
Who is
there
who
has
not had
his fill
? ’—
(The
sojourner
hath
not
lodged
in
the street ;
But
I
have
opened
my doors
to the traveller);
but
no
stranger
had
to
lodge
on
the street ,
for
my door
has
been
open
to the traveler—
If like
Adam
I have covered my transgressions ,
By hiding mine
iniquity
in my bosom
,
if I have covered my transgressions like
Adam
by hiding my
guilt
in my heart
,
Because I feared the great
multitude,
And the contempt of families
terrified me, So that I kept silence,
and went
not out
of
the
door-
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! (Lo,
here is my signature ,
let the Almighty answer me )
; And
`that
I
had'
the
indictment which
mine
adversary
hath
written!
(
Oh ,
that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature .
Let the Almighty answer me; let
my
accuser
compose
an
indictment .
Surely I would carry it upon
my shoulder ;
I
would
bind
it unto
me
as
a crown :
Surely I would carry it on
my shoulder and
wear
it like
a crown .
I would declare
unto
him
the
number
of my steps; As
a
prince
would
I go
near
unto
him.
I would give
account
of all
my steps; I would
approach
Him like
a
prince
. )—
If my land crieth
out against me ,
And the
furrows thereof
weep together ;
if my land cries
out against me and its
furrows weep together ,
If I have eaten
the
fruits
thereof
without money,
Or have
caused
the owners
thereof
to
lose
their
life:
if I have devoured
its
produce
without payment
or broken
the spirit
of
its
tenants,
Let thistles
grow instead of wheat ,
And cockle
instead of barley. The words of Job are
ended
.
then
let briers
grow instead of wheat and stinkweed
instead of barley. ”
Thus
conclude
the words of Job.
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