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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 31:1 | I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? | A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what -- do I attend to a virgin? |
| 31:2 | For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? | And what `is' the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights? |
| 31:3 | Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? | Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity? |
| 31:4 | Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? | Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number? |
| 31:5 | If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; | If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit, |
| 31:6 | He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity. | |
| 31:7 | 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; | If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish, |
| 31:8 | Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. | Let me sow -- and another eat, And my products let be rooted out. |
| 31:9 | If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; | If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait, |
| 31:10 | Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. | Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend. |
| 31:11 | For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. | For it `is' a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity; |
| 31:12 | For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. | For a fire it `is', to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root, |
| 31:13 | If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; | If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me, |
| 31:14 | What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? | Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him? |
| 31:15 | Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and |
Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One. |
| 31:16 | If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; | If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume, |
| 31:17 | Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; | And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it, |
| 31:18 | (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a fat |
(But from my youth He grew up with me as `with' a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.) |
| 31:19 | If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; | If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy, |
| 31:20 | If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; | If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself, |
| 31:21 | If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: | If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in `him' the gate of my court, |
| 31:22 | Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the |
My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken. |
| 31:23 | For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. | For a dread unto me `is' calamity `from' God, And because of His excellency I am not able. |
| 31:24 | If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; | If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,' |
| 31:25 | If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had |
If I rejoice because great `is' my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found, |
| 31:26 | If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; | If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking, |
| 31:27 | And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or |
And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth, |
| 31:28 | This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. | It also `is' a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above. |
| 31:29 | If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: | If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him, |
| 31:30 | Neither have I suffered |
Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life. |
| 31:31 | If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. | If not -- say ye, O men of my tent, `O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.' |
| 31:32 | The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors |
In the street doth not lodge a stranger, My doors to the traveller I open. |
| 31:33 | If I covered my transgressions |
If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity, |
| 31:34 | 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? | 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. |
| 31:35 | Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. | Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written. |
| 31:36 | Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. | If not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself. |
| 31:37 | I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. | The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him. |
| 31:38 | If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof |
If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep, |
| 31:39 | If I have eaten |
If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out, |
| 31:40 | Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and |
Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished. |