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1“I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman? | 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, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high? | 2What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high, |
3Is it not destruction for the wicked, And disaster for 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 all my steps? | 4He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?" |
5“If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit, | 5"If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception, |
6Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity. | 6let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity. |
7If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres 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 let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out. | 8what I've planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted." |
9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, | 9"If my heart has been seduced by a woman and I've laid in wait at my friend's door, |
10Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her. | 10then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her, |
11For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment. | 11because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged. |
12For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase. | 12The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward." |
13“If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me, | 13"If I've refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me, |
14What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him? | 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 make them? Did not the same One fashion 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?" |
16“If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, | 16"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow, |
17Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it | 17if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans, |
18(But from my youth I reared him as 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 anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man without covering; | 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, And if he was not warmed 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 raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate; | 21if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court, |
22Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket. | 22then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder. |
23For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure. | 23For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur." |
24“If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’; | 24"If I've put my confidence in gold, if I've told gold, 'You're my security,' |
25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained 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 observed the sun when it shines, Or the moon moving in brightness, | 26if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor, |
27So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand; | 27so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands, |
28This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above. | 28this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above." |
29“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him | 29"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him? |
30(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul); | 30No, I haven't allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse. |
31If the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’ | 31People in my household have said, 'We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they? |
32(But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors 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 as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom, | 33"Have I covered my transgression like other people, to conceal iniquity within myself? |
34Because I feared the great multitude, And dreaded the contempt of families, So that I kept silence And did not go out of the door— | 34Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?" |
35Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor had written a book! | 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 bind it on me like a crown; | 36I'll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown! |
37I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him. | 37I'll give an account for every step I've taken; I'll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief." |
38“If 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 eaten its fruit without money, Or caused its owners to lose their lives; | 39If I've consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners; |
40Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, And weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended. | 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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