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Job 31 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | |I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin? | “I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? | “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman. | |
| 2 | What then would be one's lot from God above, one's heritage from the Almighty on high? | What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high? | For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high? | |
| 3 | Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity? | Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity? | Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong? | |
| 4 | Does he not see my ways and count all my steps? | Does not he see my ways and number all my steps? | Does he not see my ways and count my every step? | |
| 5 | If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit-- | “If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit; | “If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit— | |
| 6 | let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity. | (Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!) | let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless— | |
| 7 | If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands, | 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, | if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled, | |
| 8 | then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted. | then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me be rooted out. | then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. | |
| 9 | If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door, | “If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door, | “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, | |
| 10 | then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her. | then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down on her. | then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her. | |
| 11 | For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged. | For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; | For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged. | |
| 12 | For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest. | for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase. | It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest. | |
| 13 | |If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me, | “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me, | “If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me, | |
| 14 | then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him? | what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him? | what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account? | |
| 15 | Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb? | Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? | Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers? | |
| 16 | If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, | “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, | “If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary, | |
| 17 | If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans-- | or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it | if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless— | |
| 18 | but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow! | (for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow), | but from my youth I reared them as a father would, and from my birth I guided the widow— | |
| 19 | If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat, | if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering, | if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments, | |
| 20 | whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep, | if his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep, | and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep, | |
| 21 | if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court, | if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate, | if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court, | |
| 22 | then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket. | then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket. | then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint. | |
| 23 | For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless. | For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty. | For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things. | |
| 24 | |If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!' | “If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence, | “If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’ | |
| 25 | if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained, | if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much, | if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained, | |
| 26 | if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing, | if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor, | if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, | |
| 27 | so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth, | and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand, | so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage, | |
| 28 | then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above. | this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above. | then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high. | |
| 29 | If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him-- | “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him | “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him— | |
| 30 | I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse-- | (I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse), | I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life— | |
| 31 | if the members of my household have never said, 'If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job's meat!'-- | if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?’ | if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’— | |
| 32 | But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler-- | (the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler), | but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler— | |
| 33 | if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart, | if I have concealed my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heart, | if I have concealed my sin as people do, by hiding my guilt in my heart | |
| 34 | because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors-- | 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— | because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside— | |
| 35 | |If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature--let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written. | 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! | (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing. | |
| 36 | Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown; | Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown; | Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown. | |
| 37 | I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him. | I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him. | I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him as to a ruler.)— | |
| 38 | |If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together, | “If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together, | “if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears, | |
| 39 | if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners, | if I have eaten its yield without payment and made its owners breathe their last, | if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants, | |
| 40 | then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!| The words of Job are ended. | let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended. | then let briers come up instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended. | |
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