Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James 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 ;
why
then should
I think
upon
a maid
?
For what is
the
allotment
of God from above ,
or
the
heritage
from
the Almighty on high?
For what portion
of God is
there
from above ?
and
what
inheritance
of
the Almighty from
on high?
Does
not disaster
come
to the unjust
and calamity
to the workers of iniquity?
Is
not destruction
to the wicked?
and a
strange
punishment
to the workers of iniquity?
Does
He
not see my ways and count my every
step
?
Doth
not he
see my ways ,
and count all
my steps
?
If I have walked in
falsehood
or my foot has
rushed
to deceit ,
If I have walked with
vanity,
or if
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
mine
heart walked
after
mine
eyes, and
if any
blot
hath
cleaved
to mine
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
my offspring
be rooted
out
.
If my
heart has
been enticed
by my
neighbor’s
wife
, or I have lurked
at his
door ,
If mine
heart have
been deceived
by a
woman
, or if
I have laid
wait
at my
neighbour'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 this
is
an
heinous crime ;
yea
, it
is
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
to 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 did
despise
the cause of my manservant or of
my
maidservant ,
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 myself
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—
(For
from my youth he
was
brought
up
with
me,
as with
a father, and I
have
guided
her
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 any
poor
without 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
were
not
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 ,
when
I saw my
help
in the gate :
then may
my
arm fall from my shoulder and be torn
from its
socket
.
Then let
mine
arm fall from my shoulder blade,
and mine
arm
be broken
from the
bone
.
For calamity
from God terrifies
me, and His splendor
I cannot
overpower
.
For destruction
from God was
a
terror
to
me, and by
reason
of
his highness
I could
not
endure
.
If I have put
my
trust
in
gold or called
pure
gold my
security
,
If I have made
gold my
hope,
or 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 rejoice
because
my wealth was
great,
and
because mine
hand had gotten
much ;
if I have
beheld the sun in
its
radiance
or the moon moving
in splendor,
If I 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 ,
or
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
judge:
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 rejoice
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 —
Neither
have I
suffered
my mouth to sin by wishing
a curse to
his
soul.
if the men of my house
have
not
said ,
‘Who
is
there
who
has
not had his fill?’—
If the men of my tabernacle
said not ,
Oh
that
we
had of
his flesh!
we
cannot
be
satisfied.
but
no
stranger had
to
lodge on
the street ,
for
my door
has
been
open
to the traveler—
The
stranger did
not
lodge in
the street :
but
I
opened
my doors
to the traveller.
if I have
covered my transgressions like
Adam by hiding my
guilt
in my heart,
If I covered my transgressions as
Adam ,
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—
Did
I fear
a
great
multitude,
or
did
the contempt of families
terrify
me, 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 one would
hear me! behold,
my desire
is,
that
the Almighty would
answer me ,
and
that
mine
adversary
had
written
a
book
.
Surely I would carry
it on
my shoulder and wear
it like
a crown.
Surely I would take
it upon
my shoulder ,
and bind
it as
a crown to
me
.
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 cry
against me, or
that
the
furrows
likewise
thereof
complain;
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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