Job 31 NKJV

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valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/job/31.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>Job Defends His Righteousness</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Job-31-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“I have made a covenant with my eyes;</span></span><br /><span class="text Job-31-1">Why then should I <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>look upon a young woman?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For what <i>is</i> the allotment of God from above,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-2">And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><i>Is</i> it not destruction for the wicked,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-3">And disaster for the workers of iniquity?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Does He not see my ways,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-4">And count all my steps?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“If I have walked with falsehood,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-5">Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>Let me be weighed on honest scales,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-6">That God may know my integrity.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If my step has turned from the way,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-7">Or my heart walked after my eyes,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-7">Or if any spot adheres to my hands,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><i>Then</i> let me sow, and another eat;</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-8">Yes, let my harvest be <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>rooted out.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-9">Or <i>if</i> I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><i>Then</i> let my wife grind for another,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-10">And let others bow down over her.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For that <i>would be</i> wickedness;</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-11">Yes, it <i>would be</i> iniquity <i>deserving of</i> judgment.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For that <i>would be</i> a fire <i>that</i> consumes to destruction,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-12">And would root out all my increase.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-13">When they complained against me,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>What then shall I do when God rises up?</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-14">When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Did not He who made me in the womb make them?</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-15">Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“If I have kept the poor from <i>their</i> desire,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-16">Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Or eaten my morsel by myself,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-17">So that the fatherless could not eat of it</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>(But from my youth I reared him as a father,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-18">And from my mother’s womb I guided <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span><i>the widow</i>);</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-19">Or any poor <i>man</i> without covering;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>If his <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>heart has not blessed me,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-20">And <i>if</i> he was <i>not</i> warmed with the fleece of my sheep;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>If I have raised my hand against the fatherless,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-21">When I saw I had help in the gate;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><i>Then</i> let my arm fall from my shoulder,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-22">Let my arm be torn from the socket.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For destruction <i>from</i> God <i>is</i> a terror to me,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-23">And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“If I have made gold my hope,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-24">Or said to fine gold, ‘<i>You are</i> my confidence’;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>If I have rejoiced because my wealth <i>was</i> great,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-25">And because my hand had gained much;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>If I have observed the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>sun when it shines,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-26">Or the moon moving <i>in</i> brightness,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So that my heart has been secretly enticed,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-27">And my mouth has kissed my hand;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>This also <i>would be</i> an iniquity <i>deserving of</i> judgment,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-28">For I would have denied God <i>who is</i> above.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-29">Or lifted myself up when evil found him</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-30">By asking for a curse on his <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>soul);</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>If the men of my tent have not said,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-31">‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>(<i>But</i> no sojourner had to lodge in the street,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-32"><i>For</i> I have opened my doors to the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>traveler);</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>If I have covered my transgressions as<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span> Adam,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-33">By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Because I feared the great multitude,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-34">And dreaded the contempt of families,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-34">So that I kept silence</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-34"><i>And</i> did not go out of the door—</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Oh, that I had one to hear me!</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-35">Here is my mark.</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-35"><i>Oh,</i> <i>that</i> the Almighty would answer me,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-35"><i>That</i> my <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>Prosecutor had written a book!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-36"><i>And</i> bind it on me <i>like</i> a crown;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>I would declare to Him the number of my steps;</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-37">Like a prince I would approach Him.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>“If my land cries out against me,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-38">And its furrows weep together;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>If I have eaten its <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[k]</a></span>fruit without money,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-39">Or caused its owners to lose their lives;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><i>Then</i> let thistles grow instead of wheat,</span><br /><span class="text Job-31-40">And weeds instead of barley.”</span></p></div><p class="first-line-none top-1"><span class="text Job-31-40">The words of Job are ended.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-13590a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 31:1">Job 31:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>look intently</i> or <i>gaze</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13595b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 31:6">Job 31:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>Let Him weigh me</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13597c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 31:8">Job 31:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>uprooted</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13607d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 31:18">Job 31:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>her</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13609e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 31:20">Job 31:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>loins</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13615f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 31:26">Job 31:26</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>light</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13619g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 31:30">Job 31:30</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>life</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13621h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 31:32">Job 31:32</span> <span class='footnote-text'>So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT <i>road</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13622i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 31:33">Job 31:33</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>as men do</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13624j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 31:35">Job 31:35</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>Accuser</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13628k"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 31:39">Job 31:39</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>strength</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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