| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1"I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin? | 1"I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin? |
| 2What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high, | 2"And what is the portion of God from above Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high? |
| 3if not calamity that is due the unjust, and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity? | 3"Is it not calamity to the unjust And disaster to those who work iniquity? |
| 4He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?" | 4"Does He not see my ways And number all my steps? |
| 5"If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception, | 5"If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hastened after deceit, |
| 6let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity. | 6Let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let God know my integrity. |
| 7If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands, | 7"If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands, |
| 8what I've planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted." | 8Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted. |
| 9"If my heart has been seduced by a woman and I've laid in wait at my friend's door, | 9"If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or I have lurked at my neighbor's doorway, |
| 10then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her, | 10May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her. |
| 11because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged. | 11"For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges. |
| 12The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward." | 12"For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase. |
| 13"If I've refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me, | 13"If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me, |
| 14what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him? | 14What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him? |
| 15The one who made me in the womb made them, too, didn't he? Didn't the same one prepare each of us in the womb?" | 15"Did not He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb? |
| 16"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow, | 16"If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, |
| 17if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans, | 17Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it |
| 18(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born), | 18(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from infancy I guided her), |
| 19if I've observed someone who is about to die for lack of clothes or if I have no clothing to give to the poor, | 19If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering, |
| 20if he hadn't thanked me from the bottom of his heart, if he had not been warmed by wool from my sheep, | 20If his loins have not thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep, |
| 21if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court, | 21If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate, |
| 22then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder. | 22Let my shoulder fall from the socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow. |
| 23For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur." | 23"For calamity from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing. |
| 24"If I've put my confidence in gold, if I've told gold, 'You're my security,' | 24"If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust, |
| 25if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands, | 25If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much; |
| 26if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor, | 26If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor, |
| 27so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands, | 27And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, |
| 28this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above." | 28That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above. |
| 29"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him? | 29"Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy, Or exulted when evil befell him? |
| 30No, I haven't allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse. | 30"No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse. |
| 31People in my household have said, 'We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they? | 31"Have the men of my tent not said, 'Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat '? |
| 32No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers." | 32"The alien has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler. |
| 33"Have I covered my transgression like other people, to conceal iniquity within myself? | 33"Have I covered my transgressions like Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom, |
| 34Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?" | 34Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors? |
| 35"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature —let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me, | 35"Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has written, |
| 36I'll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown! | 36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, I would bind it to myself like a crown. |
| 37I'll give an account for every step I've taken; I'll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief." | 37"I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him. |
| 38"If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one, | 38"If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together; |
| 39If I've consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners; | 39If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or have caused its owners to lose their lives, |
| 40may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed. | 40Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended. |
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