Job 31
1 A covenant I made to eyes my and what? will I look carefully on a virgin.
I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?
2 And what? - [is] [the] portion of God above and [the] inheritance of [the] Almighty from high places.
For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
3 ¿ Not [does] calamity [belong] to an evil-doer and misfortune to [those who] do wickedness.
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
4 ¿ Not he does he see ways my and all steps my does he count?
Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps?
5 If I have walked with falsehood and it has made haste to deceit foot my.
If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit —
6 Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness and let him acknowledge God integrity my.
Let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know mine integrity —
7 If it turned aside step my from the way and after eyes my it has gone heart my and to hands my it has stuck a blemish.
If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to my hands;
8 Let me sow and another let him eat and produce my let them be rooted up.
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9 If it has been deceived heart my on a woman and at [the] doorway of neighbor my I have lain in wait.
If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbour's door;
10 Let her grind for another wife my and over her let them bow down! others.
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11 For (that *Qk) [is] wickedness (and that *Qk) [is] iniquity judges.
For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12 For [is] a fire that [which] to Abaddon it will devour and all produce my it will root up.
For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13 If I rejected [the] cause of male servant my and female servant my in complaint their with me.
If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me —
14 And what? will I do if he will arise God and if he will visit what? will I respond to him.
What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when He remembereth, what shall I answer Him?
15 ¿ Not in the belly [the one who] made me did he make him and did prepare us? he in the womb one.
Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb?
16 If I withheld any of [the] desire of poor [people] and [the] eyes of a widow I caused to fail.
If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17 And I may eat morsel of bread my to alone me and not he ate a fatherless one some of it.
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof —
18 For since youth my he grew up with me like a father and from [the] womb of mother my I guided her.
Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb.
19 If I saw [one who] was perishing because not clothing and not covering [belonged] to the needy [person].
If I have seen any wanderer in want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
20 If not they blessed me (loins his *QK) and from [the] fleece of lambs my he warmed himself.
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21 If I brandished on a fatherless one hand my for I saw in the gate help my.
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
22 Shoulder my from its shoulder let it fall and arm my from arm its let it be broken.
Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23 For [was] a fear to me calamity of God and from majesty his not I am able.
For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing.
24 If I have made gold confidence my and to pure gold I have said security my.
If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence';
25 If I rejoiced for [was] great wealth my and for much it had found hand my.
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
26 If I saw a light that it shone and [the] moon splendid [was] going.
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27 And it was gullible in secrecy heart my and it kissed hand my mouth my.
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand;
28 Also that [is] iniquity calling for judgment for I denied God above.
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above.
29 If I rejoiced in [the] disaster of [one who] hated me and I excited myself if it had found him calamity.
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or exulted when evil found him —
30 And not I have permitted to sin palate my by asking for by a curse life his.
Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse.
31 If not they have said [the] men of tent my who? will he give from meat his not [one who] is satisfied.
If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?'
32 In the street not he passed [the] night a sojourner doors my to the path I opened.
The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside.
33 If I have concealed like Adam transgressions my by hiding in bosom my iniquity my.
If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom —
34 For I feared - a multitude great and [the] contempt of clans it caused to be dismayed me and I was silent not I went outside [the] door.
Because I feared the great multitude, and the most contemptible among families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door.
35 Who? will he give [will belong] to me - [one who] listens to me here! mark my [the] Almighty let him answer me and a document [which] he had written [the] person of case my.
Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
36 If not on shoulder my I will carry it I will tie on it a crown to myself.
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
37 [the] number of Steps my I will tell to him like a chief I will approach him.
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38 If on me land my it cried out and together furrows its they wept!
If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;
39 If produce its I have eaten not money and [the] life of owners its I have caused to breathe out.
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed —
40 In place of wheat - let it come forth thorn[s] and in place of barley foul weed[s] they are finished [the] words of Job.
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
