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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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/job/31.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“I made a covenant with my eyes;</p> <p class="poetry2">how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>What would I have<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:2 The Heb. lacks would one have">a</a></span> from God above,</p> <p class="poetry2">what heritage from the Almighty on high,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>if not calamity that is due the unjust,</p> <p class="poetry2">and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He watches my life,</p> <p class="poetry2">observing every one of my actions,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:4 Lit. steps">b</a></span> does he not?”</p> <p class="heading">No Lies and Deception</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“If I’ve lived my life in the company of vanity,</p> <p class="poetry2">or run quickly to embrace deception,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales,</p> <p class="poetry2">and God will make known my integrity.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If I have stepped away from the way,</p> <p class="poetry2">or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see,</p> <p class="poetry2">or if some other blemish clings to my hands,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>what I’ve planted, let another eat</p> <p class="poetry2">or let my crops be uprooted.”</p> <p class="heading">No Adultery</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“If my heart has been seduced by a woman</p> <p class="poetry2">and I’ve laid in wait at my friend’s door,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>then let my wife cook<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:10 Lit. grind">c</a></span> for another person</p> <p class="poetry2">and may someone else sleep with her,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>because something as lascivious as that</p> <p class="poetry2">is an iniquity that should be judged.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The fires of Abaddon<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:12 Or Destruction; i.e. the realm of eternal punishment in the afterlife">d</a></span> will burn,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:12 Lit. consume">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">disrupting every part of my eternal reward.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:12 Lit. my harvest">f</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">No Abuse of Servants</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“If I’ve refused to help my male and female servants</p> <p class="poetry2">when they complain against me,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>what will I do when God stands up to act?</p> <p class="poetry2">When he asks the questions, how will I answer him?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The one who made me in the womb made them,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:15 Lit. him">g</a></span> too, didn’t he?</p> <p class="poetry2">Didn’t the same one prepare each of us in the womb?”</p> <p class="heading">No Injustice on the Poor</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“If I refused to grant the desire of the poor</p> <p class="poetry2">or exhausted the eyes of the widow,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>if I ate my meals by myself</p> <p class="poetry2">without feeding orphans,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father,</p> <p class="poetry2">and even though I had guided the widow<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:18 Lit. her">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">from the time I was born),</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>if I’ve observed someone who is about to die for lack of clothes</p> <p class="poetry2">or if I have no clothing to give to the poor,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>if he hadn’t thanked me from the bottom of his heart,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:20 Lit. hadn’t blessed me from his loins">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">if he had not been warmed by wool from my sheep,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>if I’ve raised my hand against an orphan</p> <p class="poetry2">when I thought I would against him in court,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:21 Lit. when I saw help for me at the gate,">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>then let my arm<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:22 Lit. side">k</a></span> fall from its socket;</p> <p class="poetry2">and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For I’m terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me;</p> <p class="poetry2">and I cannot endure his grandeur.”</p> <p class="heading">No Trust in Wealth and Heavenly Bodies</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“If I’ve put my confidence in gold,</p> <p class="poetry2">if I’ve told gold, ‘You’re my security,’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>if I’ve found joy in great wealth that I own,</p> <p class="poetry2">if I’ve earned a lot with my own hands,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>if I look at the sun<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:26 Lit. light">l</a></span> when it shines</p> <p class="poetry2">or the moon as it rises in steady splendor,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>so that in the depths of my deceived heart</p> <p class="poetry2">I worshipped them with my mouth and hands,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>this is also a sin that deserves to be judged,</p> <p class="poetry2">since I would have tried to deceive<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:28 Or have denied">m</a></span> God above.”</p> <p class="heading">No Rejoicing over the Plight of Adversary</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me,</p> <p class="poetry2">or have I been happy that evil caught up with him?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>No, I haven’t allowed my mouth to sin</p> <p class="poetry2">by asking for his life<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:30 Lit. soul">n</a></span> with a curse.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>People in my household have said,</p> <p class="poetry2">‘We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,’ haven’t they?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>No stranger ever spent the night in the street,</p> <p class="poetry2">because I opened my doors to travelers.”</p> <p class="heading">No Secret Sins</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“Have I covered my transgression like other people,</p> <p class="poetry2">to conceal iniquity within myself?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:33 Or bosom">o</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Have I feared large crowds?</p> <p class="poetry2">Has my family’s contempt ever terrified me</p> <p class="poetry2">so that I remained silent and wouldn’t go outside?”</p> <p class="heading">Request for A Hearing</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>“Who will grant me a hearing?</p> <p class="poetry2">Here’s my signature<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:35 Lit. seal">p</a></span> —let the Almighty answer!</p> <p class="poetry2">Since my adversary indicted me,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>I’ll wear it on my shoulder,</p> <p class="poetry2">or tie it on my head for a crown!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>I’ll give an account for every step I’ve taken;</p> <p class="poetry2">I’ll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:37 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority">q</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">No Abuse of the Land</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>“If my land were to cry out against me</p> <p class="poetry2">or if all its furrows wept as one,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>If I’ve consumed its produce<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:39 Lit. strength">r</a></span> without paying for it</p> <p class="poetry2">and snuffed out the life of its owners;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/31-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>may thorns spring up instead of wheat,</p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">and obnoxious weeds instead of barley.”</p> <p class="reg">With this, Job’s discourse with his friends<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="31:40 The Heb. lacks with his friends">s</a></span> is completed.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 31:2 The Heb. lacks <i>would one have</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 31:4 Lit. <i>steps</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 31:10 Lit. <i>grind</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 31:12 Or <i>Destruction</i>; i.e. the realm of eternal punishment in the afterlife<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 31:12 Lit. <i>consume</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 31:12 Lit. <i>my harvest</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 31:15 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 31:18 Lit. <i>her</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 31:20 Lit. <i>hadn’t blessed me from his loins</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 31:21 Lit. <i>when I saw help for me at the gate,</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 31:22 Lit. <i>side</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 31:26 Lit. <i>light</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 31:28 Or <i>have denied</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 31:30 Lit. <i>soul</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 31:33 Or <i>bosom</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 31:35 Lit. <i>seal</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 31:37 Lit. <i>Nagid</i>; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority<br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 31:39 Lit. <i>strength</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 31:40 The Heb. lacks <i>with his friends</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/job/31-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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