Berean Study Bible | International Standard Version |
1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin? | 1"I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin? |
2For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high? | 2What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high, |
3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity? | 3if not calamity that is due the unjust, and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity? |
4Does He not see my ways and count my every step? | 4He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?" |
5If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit, | 5"If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception, |
6let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity. | 6let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity. |
7If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands, | 7If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands, |
8then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. | 8what I've planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted." |
9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door, | 9"If my heart has been seduced by a woman and I've laid in wait at my friend's door, |
10then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her. | 10then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her, |
11For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged. | 11because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged. |
12For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest. | 12The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward." |
13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me, | 13"If I've refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me, |
14what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account? | 14what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him? |
15Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb? | 15The one who made me in the womb made them, too, didn't he? Didn't the same one prepare each of us in the womb?" |
16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail, | 16"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow, |
17if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless— | 17if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans, |
18though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow— | 18(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born), |
19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak, | 19if I've observed someone who is about to die for lack of clothes or if I have no clothing to give to the poor, |
20if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep, | 20if he hadn't thanked me from the bottom of his heart, if he had not been warmed by wool from my sheep, |
21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate, | 21if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court, |
22then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket. | 22then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder. |
23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower. | 23For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur." |
24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, | 24"If I've put my confidence in gold, if I've told gold, 'You're my security,' |
25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, | 25if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands, |
26if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, | 26if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor, |
27so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, | 27so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands, |
28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high. | 28this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above." |
29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him— | 29"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him? |
30I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse— | 30No, I haven't allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse. |
31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’— | 31People in my household have said, 'We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they? |
32but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler— | 32No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers." |
33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart, | 33"Have I covered my transgression like other people, to conceal iniquity within myself? |
34because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside— | 34Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?" |
35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment. | 35"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature —let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me, |
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown. | 36I'll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown! |
37I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)— | 37I'll give an account for every step I've taken; I'll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief." |
38if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, | 38"If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one, |
39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants, | 39If I've consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners; |
40then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job. | 40may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed. |
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