New King James Version | New Living Translation |
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 not to look with lust at a young woman. |
2For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high? | 2For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high? |
3Is it not destruction for the wicked, And disaster for the workers of iniquity? | 3Isn’t it calamity for the wicked and misfortune for those who do evil? |
4Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps? | 4Doesn’t he see everything I do and every step I take? |
5“If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit, | 5“Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone? |
6Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity. | 6Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows 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 strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin, |
8Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out. | 8then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted 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, or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife, |
10Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her. | 10then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her. |
11For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment. | 11For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished. |
12For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase. | 12It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own. |
13“If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me, | 13“If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me, |
14What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him? | 14how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me? |
15Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb? | 15For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb. |
16“If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, | 16“Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows? |
17Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it | 17Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans? |
18(But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother’s womb I guided the widow); | 18No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father, and all my life I have cared for widows. |
19If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man without covering; | 19Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes and the needy with nothing to wear, |
20If his heart has not blessed me, And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; | 20did they not praise me for providing wool clothing to keep them warm? |
21If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate; | 21“If I raised my hand against an orphan, knowing the judges would take my side, |
22Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket. | 22then let my shoulder be wrenched out of place! Let my arm be torn from its socket! |
23For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure. | 23That would be better than facing God’s judgment. For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there? |
24“If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’; | 24“Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold? |
25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much; | 25Have I gloated about my wealth and all that I own? |
26If I have observed the sun when it shines, Or the moon moving in brightness, | 26“Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway, |
27So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand; | 27and been secretly enticed in my heart to throw kisses at them in worship? |
28This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above. | 28If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven. |
29“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him | 29“Have I ever rejoiced when disaster struck my enemies, or become excited when harm came their way? |
30(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul); | 30No, I have never sinned by cursing anyone or by asking for revenge. |
31If the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’ | 31“My servants have never said, ‘He let others go hungry.’ |
32(But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler); | 32I have never turned away a stranger but have opened my doors to everyone. |
33If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom, | 33“Have I tried to hide my sins like other people do, concealing my guilt in my heart? |
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 the crowd or the contempt of the masses, so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors? |
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“If only someone would listen to me! Look, I will sign my name to my defense. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out the charges against me. |
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me like a crown; | 36I would face the accusation proudly. I would wear it like a crown. |
37I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him. | 37For I would tell him exactly what I have done. I would come before him like a prince. |
38“If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together; | 38“If my land accuses me and all its furrows cry out together, |
39If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or caused its owners to lose their lives; | 39or if I have stolen its crops or murdered its owners, |
40Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, And weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended. | 40then let thistles grow on that land instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley.” Job’s words are ended. |
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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