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1“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.

1"I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin?

2For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?

2What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high,

3Isn’t it calamity for the wicked and misfortune for those who do evil?

3if not calamity that is due the unjust, and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity?

4Doesn’t he see everything I do and every step I take?

4He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?"

5“Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone?

5"If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception,

6Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.

6let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity.

7If I have strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin,

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,

8then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted.

8what I've planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted."

9“If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife,

9"If my heart has been seduced by a woman and I've laid in wait at my friend's door,

10then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her.

10then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her,

11For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.

11because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged.

12It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own.

12The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward."

13“If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me,

13"If I've refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me,

14how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me?

14what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him?

15For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb.

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?"

16“Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows?

16"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,

17Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans?

17if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans,

18No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father, and all my life I have cared for widows.

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),

19Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes and the needy with nothing to wear,

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,

20did they not praise me for providing wool clothing to keep them warm?

20if he hadn't thanked me from the bottom of his heart, if he had not been warmed by wool from my sheep,

21“If I raised my hand against an orphan, knowing the judges would take my side,

21if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court,

22then let my shoulder be wrenched out of place! Let my arm be torn from its socket!

22then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder.

23That would be better than facing God’s judgment. For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there?

23For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur."

24“Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?

24"If I've put my confidence in gold, if I've told gold, 'You're my security,'

25Have I gloated about my wealth and all that I own?

25if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands,

26“Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway,

26if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor,

27and been secretly enticed in my heart to throw kisses at them in worship?

27so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands,

28If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.

28this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above."

29“Have I ever rejoiced when disaster struck my enemies, or become excited when harm came their way?

29"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him?

30No, I have never sinned by cursing anyone or by asking for revenge.

30No, I haven't allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

31“My servants have never said, ‘He let others go hungry.’

31People in my household have said, 'We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they?

32I have never turned away a stranger but have opened my doors to everyone.

32No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers."

33“Have I tried to hide my sins like other people do, concealing my guilt in my heart?

33"Have I covered my transgression like other people, to conceal iniquity within myself?

34Have I feared the crowd or the contempt of the masses, so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors?

34Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?"

35“If only someone would listen to me! Look, I will sign my name to my defense. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out the charges against me.

35"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature —let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me,

36I would face the accusation proudly. I would wear it like a crown.

36I'll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown!

37For I would tell him exactly what I have done. I would come before him like a prince.

37I'll give an account for every step I've taken; I'll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief."

38“If my land accuses me and all its furrows cry out together,

38"If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one,

39or if I have stolen its crops or murdered its owners,

39If I've consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners;

40then let thistles grow on that land instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley.” Job’s words are ended.

40may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed.

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