| New Living Translation | English Standard Version |
| 1“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman. | 1“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? |
| 2For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high? | 2What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high? |
| 3Isn’t it calamity for the wicked and misfortune for those who do evil? | 3Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity? |
| 4Doesn’t he see everything I do and every step I take? | 4Does not he see my ways and number all my steps? |
| 5“Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone? | 5“If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit; |
| 6Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity. | 6(Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!) |
| 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, | 7if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands, |
| 8then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted. | 8then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me be rooted out. |
| 9“If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife, | 9“If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door, |
| 10then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her. | 10then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down on her. |
| 11For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished. | 11For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; |
| 12It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own. | 12for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase. |
| 13“If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me, | 13“If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me, |
| 14how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me? | 14what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him? |
| 15For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb. | 15Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? |
| 16“Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows? | 16“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, |
| 17Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans? | 17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it |
| 18No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father, and all my life I have cared for widows. | 18(for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow), |
| 19Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes and the needy with nothing to wear, | 19if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering, |
| 20did they not praise me for providing wool clothing to keep them warm? | 20if his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep, |
| 21“If I raised my hand against an orphan, knowing the judges would take my side, | 21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate, |
| 22then let my shoulder be wrenched out of place! Let my arm be torn from its socket! | 22then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket. |
| 23That would be better than facing God’s judgment. For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there? | 23For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty. |
| 24“Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold? | 24“If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence, |
| 25Have I gloated about my wealth and all that I own? | 25if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much, |
| 26“Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway, | 26if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor, |
| 27and been secretly enticed in my heart to throw kisses at them in worship? | 27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand, |
| 28If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven. | 28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above. |
| 29“Have I ever rejoiced when disaster struck my enemies, or become excited when harm came their way? | 29“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him |
| 30No, I have never sinned by cursing anyone or by asking for revenge. | 30(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse), |
| 31“My servants have never said, ‘He let others go hungry.’ | 31if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?’ |
| 32I have never turned away a stranger but have opened my doors to everyone. | 32(the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler), |
| 33“Have I tried to hide my sins like other people do, concealing my guilt in my heart? | 33if I have concealed my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heart, |
| 34Have I feared the crowd or the contempt of the masses, so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors? | 34because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors— |
| 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. | 35Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary! |
| 36I would face the accusation proudly. I would wear it like a crown. | 36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown; |
| 37For I would tell him exactly what I have done. I would come before him like a prince. | 37I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him. |
| 38“If my land accuses me and all its furrows cry out together, | 38“If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together, |
| 39or if I have stolen its crops or murdered its owners, | 39if I have eaten its yield without payment and made its owners breathe their last, |
| 40then let thistles grow on that land instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley.” Job’s words are ended. | 40let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended. |
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