| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? | 1"I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin? |
| 2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? | 2What then would be one's lot from God above, one's heritage from the Almighty on high? |
| 3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? | 3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity? |
| 4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? | 4Does he not see my ways and count all my steps? |
| 5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; | 5If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit-- |
| 6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. | 6let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity. |
| 7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; | 7If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands, |
| 8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. | 8then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted. |
| 9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; | 9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door, |
| 10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. | 10then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her. |
| 11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. | 11For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged. |
| 12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. | 12For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest. |
| 13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; | 13"If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me, |
| 14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? | 14then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him? |
| 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? | 15Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb? |
| 16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; | 16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, |
| 17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; | 17If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans-- |
| 18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) | 18but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow! |
| 19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; | 19If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat, |
| 20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; | 20whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep, |
| 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: | 21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court, |
| 22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. | 22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket. |
| 23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. | 23For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless. |
| 24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; | 24"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!' |
| 25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; | 25if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained, |
| 26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; | 26if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing, |
| 27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: | 27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth, |
| 28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. | 28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above. |
| 29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: | 29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him-- |
| 30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. | 30I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse-- |
| 31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. | 31if the members of my household have never said, 'If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job's meat!'-- |
| 32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. | 32But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler-- |
| 33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: | 33if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart, |
| 34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? | 34because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors-- |
| 35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. | 35"If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature--let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written. |
| 36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. | 36Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown; |
| 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. | 37I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him. |
| 38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; | 38"If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together, |
| 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: | 39if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners, |
| 40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. | 40then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!" The words of Job are ended. |
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