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King James Bible |
King James Bible 1611 |
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| 31:1 | I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? | I made a couenant with mine eyes; why then should I thinke vpon a mayd? |
| 31:2 | For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? | For what portion of God is there from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? |
| 31:3 | Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? | Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie? |
| 31:4 | Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? | Doeth not he see my wayes, and count all my steps? |
| 31:5 | If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; | If I haue walked with vanitie, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; |
| 31:6 | Let me bee weighed in an euen ballance, that God may know mine integritie. | |
| 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 hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaued to my hands: |
| 31:8 | Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. | Then let mee sow, and let another eate, yea let my off-spring 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 mine heart haue bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layde wait at my neighbours doore: |
| 31:10 | Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. | Then let my wife grind vnto another, and let others bow downe vpon her. |
| 31:11 | For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. | For this is an heinous crime, yea, it is an iniquitie to bee punished by the Iudges. |
| 31:12 | For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. | For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would roote out all mine encrease. |
| 31:13 | If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; | If I did despise the cause of my man-seruant, or of my mayd-seruant, when they contended with me: |
| 31:14 | What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? | What then shall I do, when God riseth vp? and when hee visiteth, what shall I answere him? |
| 31:15 | Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and |
Did not hee that made mee in the wombe, make him? and did not one fashion vs in the wombe? |
| 31:16 | If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; | If I haue withhelde the poore from their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile: |
| 31:17 | Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; | Or haue eaten my morsell my selfe alone, and the fatherlesse hath not eaten thereof: |
| 31:18 | (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a fat |
(For from my youth hee was brought vp with me as with a father, and I haue guided her from my mothers wombe.) |
| 31:19 | If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; | If I haue seene any perish for want of cloathing, or any poore without couering: |
| 31:20 | If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; | If his loynes haue not blessed me, and if hee were not warmed with the fleece of my sheepe: |
| 31:21 | If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: | If I haue lift vp my hand against the fatherlesse, when I saw my helpe in the gate: |
| 31:22 | Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the |
Then let mine arme fall from my shoulder-blade, and mine arme be broken from the bone. |
| 31:23 | For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. | For destruction from God was a terrour to mee: and by reason of his highnesse, I could not endure. |
| 31:24 | If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; | If I haue made golde my hope, or haue said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence: |
| 31:25 | If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had |
If I reioyced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much: |
| 31:26 | If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; | If I beheld the Sunne when it shined, or the Moone walking in brightnesse: |
| 31:27 | And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or |
And my heart hath bene secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: |
| 31:28 | This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. | This also were an iniquitie to be punished by the Iudge: For I should haue denied the God that is aboue. |
| 31:29 | If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: | If I reioyced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lift vp my selfe when euill found him: |
| 31:30 | Neither have I suffered |
(Neither haue I suffered my mouth to sinne by wishing a curse to his soule.) |
| 31:31 | If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. | If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! wee cannot be satisfied. |
| 31:32 | The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors |
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doores to the trauailer. |
| 31:33 | If I covered my transgressions |
If I couered my transgressions, as Adam: by hiding mine iniquitie in my bosome: |
| 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? | Did I feare a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrifie me: that I kept silence, and went not out of the doore? |
| 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. | O that one would heare me! beholde, my desire is, that the Almightie would answere me, and that mine aduersary had written a booke. |
| 31:36 | Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. | Surely I would take it vpon my shoulder, and bind it as a crowne to me. |
| 31:37 | I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. | I would declare vnto him the number of my steps, as a prince would I goe neere vnto him. |
| 31:38 | If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof |
If my land cry against me, or that the furrowes likewise thereof complaine: |
| 31:39 | If I have eaten |
If I haue eaten the fruits thereof without money, or haue caused the owners thereof to loose their life: |
| 31:40 | Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and |
Let thistles grow in stead of wheat, and cockle in stead of barley. The words of Iob are ended. |