Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
A
covenant
I made for
mine
eyes ,
And
what
--
do
I attend
to
a virgin?
“
I have
made a
covenant
with
my
eyes .
How
then
could
I gaze
with
desire
at
a virgin?
And
what `
is '
the portion
of God from above ?
And
the
inheritance
of
the Mighty
from the heights
?
For
what is the allotment
of God from above ,
or
the heritage
from the Almighty
on
high
?
Is
not calamity
to the perverse?
And strangeness
to workers of iniquity?
Does
not disaster
come
to the unjust
and calamity
to the
workers of iniquity?
Doth
not
He see my ways ,
And all
my steps
number
?
Does
He not
see my ways and count
my every
step
?
If I have walked with
vanity,
And
my foot doth
hasten
to deceit,
If I have walked in
falsehood
or
my foot has
rushed
to deceit,
He
doth
weigh me in
righteous
balances
, And
God
doth
know my integrity.
let
God
weigh me with
honest
scales
, that
He
may
know my integrity.
If my step
doth
turn
aside
from the way
, And
after
mine
eyes
hath
my heart gone
, And
to my hands cleaved
hath
blemish
,
If my steps
have
turned
from the path
, if
my heart has
followed
my
eyes
, or
if
impurity
has
stuck
to my hands,
Let
me
sow
--
and
another eat, And my products
let
be rooted
out
.
then
may
another eat what
I
have
sown
, and may
my crops
be uprooted
.
If my heart hath
been enticed by woman,
And
by
the
opening
of
my neighbour
I laid
wait
,
If my heart has
been enticed by my neighbor’s
wife,
or
I have
lurked
at
his
door
,
Grind
to
another
let
my wife, And over
her let
others
bend
.
then
may
my own
wife grind
grain
for
another
, and may
other
men
sleep
with
her.
For it
`is'
a wicked
thing
, and
a
judicial
iniquity ;
For that
would
be
a heinous
crime
, an
iniquity to
be
judged.
For a
fire
it `
is ',
to destruction
it consumeth,
And
among
all
mine
increase
doth
take
root ,
For it is a
fire
that
burns
down
to Abaddon;
it would
root out
my
entire
harvest.
If I despise
the cause of my man-servant,
And
of
my
handmaid,
In
their
contending
with
me,
If I have
rejected
the cause of my manservant
or
maidservant
when
they
made
a
complaint
against
me,
Then
what do
I do when God ariseth
? And
when
He
doth
inspect,
What
do
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
? Yea,
prepare
us in the womb doth
One.
Did not He who
made me in the womb also
make them
? Did
not
the
same
One
form
us in the womb ?
If I withhold
from
pleasure
the poor ,
And
the eyes of
the
widow
do
consume
,
If I have
denied
the desires
of
the
poor or
allowed
the widow’s
eyes to
fail
,
And
I do
eat
my morsel by
myself
, And
the
orphan
hath
not eat
of
it ,
if
I have
eaten
my morsel alone
, not sharing
it with
the
fatherless—
(But
from my youth He
grew
up
with
me
as `with'
a father, And from the
belly
of
my mother
I am
led.)
though
from my youth I
reared
him
as would
a father, and from my mother’s
womb
I guided
the
widow—
If I see
`any'
perishing
without
clothing, And
there
is
no
covering
to
the
needy,
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
from
the fleece of my sheep He
doth
not
warm
himself
,
if his heart
has
not blessed me for
warming
him
with
the fleece of my sheep,
If I have waved
at
the
fatherless
my hand ,
When
I see
in `him'
the gate of
my
court
,
if I have lifted
up
my hand against
the
fatherless
because
I saw
that
I
had
support
in the gate,
My shoulder
from
its
blade
let
fall,
And
mine
arm from the
bone
be broken
.
then
may
my arm fall
from my
shoulder
and
be torn
from
its
socket
.
For a
dread
unto
me
`is'
calamity `
from '
God, And because
of
His excellency
I am
not
able
.
For calamity from God terrifies
me
, and His splendor
I cannot
overpower
.
If I have made
gold
my confidence,
And
to
the
pure gold have
said,
`
My trust
, '
If I have put
my trust
in
gold
or
called
pure gold my security
,
If I rejoice
because
great
`is'
my wealth ,
And
because abundance
hath
my hand found
,
if I have
rejoiced
in
my great
wealth because my hand had
gained
so
much
,
If I see
the light
when
it
shineth,
And
the precious
moon walking
,
if I have
beheld
the sun
in
its
radiance
or
the moon moving
in
splendor
,
And
my heart is
enticed in
secret,
And my hand doth
kiss my mouth,
so
that
my heart was
secretly
enticed and my hand threw
a
kiss from
my mouth,
It
also `is'
a
judicial
iniquity, For I had
lied
to
God above
.
this
would
also be
an
iniquity to
be
judged
, for I would
have
denied
God on
high
.
If I rejoice
at
the
ruin
of
my hater
, And
stirred
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
my mouth to sin ,
To
ask
with
an
oath
his life .
I have not allowed
my mouth to sin by
asking
for
his life with
a
curse—
If not
--
say
ye,
O
men of my tent
, `O
that
we
had of
his flesh,
we
are
not
satisfied.'
if the
men of my house
have
not
said
, ‘Who
is
there
who
has
not
had his fill?’—
In
the street doth
not
lodge
a
stranger
, My doors
to the traveller
I
open.
but
no
stranger
had
to
lodge
on
the street, for
my door
has
been
open
to the traveler—
If I have covered as
Adam
my transgressions ,
To
hide
in my bosom
mine
iniquity
,
if I have covered my transgressions like
Adam
by
hiding
my
guilt
in my heart
,
Because I fear
a
great
multitude,
And the contempt of families
doth
affright
me, Then
I am
silent ,
I
go
not out
of
the
opening.
because I greatly
feared
the
crowds
and the contempt of the
clans
terrified
me, so
that
I kept
silent and
would
not go
outside—
Who
giveth
to me a
hearing?
lo,
my mark
. The Mighty
One
doth
answer me ,
And
a
bill
hath
mine
adversary
written
.
(Oh,
that
I
had
one
to hear
me !
Here
is
my signature
. Let
the Almighty
answer me ;
let
my
accuser
compose
an
indictment
.
If
not
--
on my shoulder I
take
it
up,
I
bind
it a crown on
myself
.
Surely
I
would
carry
it
on my shoulder and
wear
it like
a crown.
The
number
of my steps I
tell
Him,
As
a
leader
I approach Him.
I
would
give
account
of all
my steps ;
I would
approach Him like
a
prince
. )—
If against
me
my land doth
cry
out ,
And together
its furrows weep,
if my land cries
out against
me
and its furrows weep together
,
If its
strength
I consumed
without money,
And
the life
of its possessors,
I
have
caused
to
breathe
out
,
if I have
devoured
its
produce
without payment
or
broken
the spirit
of its tenants
,
Instead of wheat let
a
thorn
go
forth,
And instead of barley a
useless
weed!
The words of Job are
finished
.
then
let
briers
grow
instead of wheat and stinkweed
instead of barley .”
Thus
conclude
the words of Job.
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