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