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Job 31 NASB 1995
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30">◄</a> Job 31 <a href="../job/32.htm" title="Job 32">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top">NASB 1995</tr></table></div><div class="chap"><font color="#000000"><b><i>Job Asserts His Integrity</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font><span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-1.htm" target="_top"><b>1</b></a></span>“I have made a covenant with my eyes;<br> How then could I gaze at a virgin?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-2.htm" target="_top"><b>2</b></a></span>“And what is the portion of God from above<br> Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>“Is it not calamity to the unjust<br> And disaster to those who work iniquity?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>“Does He not see my ways<br> And number all my steps?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>“If I have walked with falsehood,<br> And my foot has hastened after deceit,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>Let Him weigh me with accurate scales,<br> And let God know my integrity.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>“If my step has turned from the way,<br> Or my heart followed my eyes,<br> Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>Let me sow and another eat,<br> And let my crops be uprooted.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,<br> Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>May my wife grind for another,<br> And let others kneel down over her.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>“For that would be a lustful crime;<br> Moreover, it would be an iniquity <i>punishable by</i> judges.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>“For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon,<br> And would uproot all my increase.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>“If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves<br> When they filed a complaint against me,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>What then could I do when God arises?<br> And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>“Did not He who made me in the womb make him,<br> And the same one fashion us in the womb?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>“If I have kept the poor from <i>their</i> desire,<br> Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Or have eaten my morsel alone,<br> And the orphan has not shared it<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,<br> And from infancy I guided her),<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,<br> Or that the needy had no covering,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>If his loins have not thanked me,<br> And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,<br> Because I saw I had support in the gate,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Let my shoulder fall from the socket,<br> And my arm be broken off at the elbow.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>“For calamity from God is a terror to me,<br> And because of His majesty I can do nothing.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>“If I have put my confidence <i>in</i> gold,<br> And called fine gold my trust,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>If I have gloated because my wealth was great,<br> And because my hand had secured <i>so</i> much;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>If I have looked at the sun when it shone<br> Or the moon going in splendor,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>And my heart became secretly enticed,<br> And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>That too would have been an iniquity <i>calling for</i> judgment,<br> For I would have denied God above.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>“Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,<br> Or exulted when evil befell him?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>“No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin<br> By asking for his life in a curse.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>“Have the men of my tent not said,<br> ‘Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat’?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>“The alien has not lodged outside,<br> <i>For</i> I have opened my doors to the traveler.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>“Have I covered my transgressions like Adam,<br> By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>Because I feared the great multitude,<br> And the contempt of families terrified me,<br> And kept silent and did not go out of doors?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>“Oh that I had one to hear me!<br> Behold, here is my signature;<br> Let the Almighty answer me!<br> And the indictment which my adversary has written,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,<br> I would bind it to myself like a crown.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>“I would declare to Him the number of my steps;<br> Like a prince I would approach Him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>“If my land cries out against me,<br> And its furrows weep together;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>If I have eaten its fruit without money,<br> Or have caused its owners to lose their lives,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/31-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>Let briars grow instead of wheat,<br> And stinkweed instead of barley.”<br> The words of Job are ended.<p></p><br /></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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