Job 31

1 # Mt 5.28 “I have made a covenant with my eyes;

how, then, could I look upon a virgin?

2What would be my portion from God above

and my heritage from the Almighty#31.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai on high?

3Does not calamity befall the unrighteous

and disaster the workers of iniquity?

4 # 2 Chr 16.9; Prov 5.21 Does he not see my ways

and number all my steps?

5 # Mic 2.11 “If I have walked with falsehood,

and my foot has hurried to deceit—

6 # Job 6.2, 3; 27.5, 6 let me be weighed in a just balance,

and let God know my integrity!—

7 # Job 23.11 if my step has turned aside from the way,

and my heart has followed my eyes,

and if any spot has clung to my hands,

8 # Lev 26.16 then let me sow and another eat,

and let what grows for me be rooted out.

9 # Job 24.15 “If my heart has been enticed by a woman

and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

10 # Jer 8.10 then let my wife grind for another,

and let other men kneel over her.

11 # Gen 38.24; Deut 22.22–24 For that would be a heinous crime;

that would be a criminal offense;

12 # Job 15.30; 20.28; 26.6 for that would be a fire consuming down to Abaddon,

and it would burn to the root all my harvest.

13 # Deut 24.14, 15 “If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves,

when they brought a complaint against me,

14what then shall I do when God rises up?

When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

15 # Mal 2.10 Did not he who made me in the womb make them?

And did not one fashion us in the womb?

16 # Job 20.19; 22.7, 9 “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired

or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail

17 # Job 22.7; 29.12 or have eaten my morsel alone

and the orphan has not eaten from it—

18for from my youth I reared the orphan#31.18 Heb him like a father,

and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow#31.18 Heb her—

19if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing

or a poor person without covering,

20 # Deut 31.20 whose loins have not blessed me,

and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21 # Job 22.9 if I have raised my hand against the orphan

because I saw I had supporters at the gate;

22 # Job 38.15 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,

and let my arm be broken from its socket.

23 # v 3 ; Job 13.11For I was in terror of calamity from God,

and I could not have faced his majesty.

24 # Mk 10.24 “If I have made gold my trust

or called fine gold my confidence,

25 # Ps 62.10 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great

or because my hand had gotten much,

26 # Deut 4.19; Ezek 8.16 if I have looked at the sun#31.26 Heb the light when it shone

or the moon moving in splendor,

27and my heart has been secretly enticed,

and my mouth has kissed my hand,

28 # v 11 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,

for I should have been false to God above.

29 # Prov 17.5 “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me

or exulted when evil overtook them—

30 # Mt 5.44 I have not let my mouth sin

by asking for their lives with a curse—

31 # Job 22.7 if those of my tent ever said,

‘O that we might be sated with his flesh!’#31.31 Meaning of Heb uncertain—

32 # Gen 19.2, 3; Rom 12.13 the stranger has not lodged in the street;

I have opened my doors to the traveler—

33 # Gen 3.8; Prov 28.13 if I have concealed my transgressions as others do,#31.33 Or as Adam did

by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

34 # Ex 23.2 because I stood in great fear of the multitude,

and the contempt of families terrified me,

so that I kept silence and did not go out of doors—

35 # Job 19.7; 30.20, 24, 28; 35.14 O that I had one to hear me!

(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty#31.35 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai answer me!)

O that I had the indictment written by my adversary!

36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;

I would bind it on me like a crown;

37 # v 4 ; Job 1.3; 29.25I would give him an account of all my steps;

like a prince I would approach him.

38 # Gen 4.10, 11 “If my land has cried out against me

and its furrows have wept together,

39 # Lev 19.13; 1 Kings 21.19; Jas 5.4 if I have eaten its yield without payment

and caused the death of its owners,

40 # Gen 3.18 let thorns grow instead of wheat

and foul weeds instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.

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