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Job - Chapter: 31


31:1	I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
31:2	For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
31:3	Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
31:4	Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
31:5	If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
31:6	Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
31:7	If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
31:8	Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
31:9	If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
31:10	Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
31:11	For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
31:12	For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
31:13	If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
31:14	What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
31:15	Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
31:16	If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
31:17	Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
31:18	(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
31:19	If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
31:20	If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
31:21	If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
31:22	Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
31:23	For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
31:24	If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
31:25	If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
31:26	If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
31:27	And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
31:28	This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
31:29	If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
31:30	Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
31:31	If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
31:32	The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
31:33	If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
31:34	Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
31:35	Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
31:36	Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
31:37	I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
31:38	If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
31:39	If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
31:40	Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.


31:1	I made a couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde?
31:2	For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?
31:3	Is not destruction to the wicked and strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?
31:4	Doeth not he beholde my wayes and tell all my steps?
31:5	If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my foote hath made haste to deceite,
31:6	Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shall know mine vprightnes.
31:7	If my steppe hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaued to mine handes,
31:8	Let me sowe, and let another eate: yea, let my plantes be rooted out.
31:9	If mine heart hath bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at the doore of my neighbour,
31:10	Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her:
31:11	For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to bee condemned:
31:12	Yea, this is a fire that shall deuoure to destruction, and which shall roote out al mine increase,
31:13	If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,
31:14	What then shall I do when God standeth vp? and when he shall visit me, what shall I answere?
31:15	He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?
31:16	If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
31:17	Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,
31:18	(For from my youth hee hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue bene a guide vnto her)
31:19	If I haue seene any perish for want of clothing, or any poore without couering,
31:20	If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe,
31:21	If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
31:22	Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, and mine arme be broken from the bone.
31:23	For Gods punishment was fearefull vnto me, and I could not be deliuered from his highnes.
31:24	If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence,
31:25	If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,
31:26	If I did behold the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in her brightnes,
31:27	If mine heart did flatter me in secrete, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand,
31:28	(This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)
31:29	If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,
31:30	Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.
31:31	Did not the men of my Tabernacle say, Who shall giue vs of his flesh? we can not bee satisfied.
31:32	The stranger did not lodge in the streete, but I opened my doores vnto him, that went by the way.
31:33	If I haue hid my sinne, as Adam, concealing mine iniquitie in my bosome,
31:34	Though I could haue made afraid a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families did feare me: so I kept silence, and went not out of the doore.
31:35	Oh that I had some to heare me! beholde my signe that the Almightie will witnesse for me: though mine aduersary should write a booke against me,
31:36	Woulde not I take it vpon my shoulder, and binde it as a crowne vnto me?
31:37	I will tell him the nomber of my goings, and goe vnto him as to a prince.
31:38	If my lande cry against me, or the furrowes thereof complayne together,
31:39	If I haue eaten the fruites thereof without siluer: or if I haue grieued the soules of the masters thereof,
31:40	Let thistles growe in steade of wheate, and cockle in the stead of Barley. The wordes of Iob are ended.


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