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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Job 31 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/31.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/31-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Job 31</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/30.htm" title="Job 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="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/job/31.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap">Job’s Final Appeal<a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-1.htm">1</a>“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-2.htm">2</a>What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high? <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-3.htm">3</a>Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity? <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-4.htm">4</a>Does not he see my ways and number all my steps? <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-5.htm">5</a>“If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit; <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-6.htm">6</a>(Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!) <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-7.htm">7</a>if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-8.htm">8</a>then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me<a href="#footnotes" title="Or let my descendants">a</a> be rooted out. <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-9.htm">9</a>“If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-10.htm">10</a>then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down on her. <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-11.htm">11</a>For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-12.htm">12</a>for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase. <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-13.htm">13</a>“If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-14.htm">14</a>what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him? <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-15.htm">15</a>Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-16.htm">16</a>“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-17.htm">17</a>or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-18.htm">18</a>(for from my youth the fatherless<a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew he">b</a> grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow<a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew her">c</a>), <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-19.htm">19</a>if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-20.htm">20</a>if his body has not blessed me,<a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me">d</a> and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-21.htm">21</a>if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-22.htm">22</a>then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket. <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-23.htm">23</a>For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty. <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-24.htm">24</a>“If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-25.htm">25</a>if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-26.htm">26</a>if I have looked at the sun<a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew the light">e</a> when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-27.htm">27</a>and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-28.htm">28</a>this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above. <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-29.htm">29</a>“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-30.htm">30</a>(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse), <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-31.htm">31</a>if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?’ <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-32.htm">32</a>(the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler), <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-33.htm">33</a>if I have concealed my transgressions as others do<a href="#footnotes" title="Or as Adam did">f</a> by hiding my iniquity in my heart, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-34.htm">34</a>because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors— <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-35.htm">35</a>Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary! <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-36.htm">36</a>Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown; <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-37.htm">37</a>I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him. <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-38.htm">38</a>“If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-39.htm">39</a>if I have eaten its yield without payment and made its owners breathe their last, <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-40.htm">40</a>let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.”The words of Job are ended.<A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF">Footnotes: a 8 Or let my descendants b 18 Hebrew he c 18 Hebrew her d 20 Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me e 26 Hebrew the light f 33 Or as Adam did </div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016). 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