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

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