Job 31:1-15 ▼

1 “I have cut a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin?

2 And what is the portion of God from above Or the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

3 Is it not disaster to the unjust And misfortune to those who work iniquity?

4 Does He not see my ways And number all my steps?

5 “If I have walked with worthlessness, And my foot has hastened after deceit,

6 Let Him weigh me with just scales, And let God know my integrity.

7 If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,

8 Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted.

9 “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or I have lied in wait at my neighbor’s doorway,

10 May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her.

11 For that would be lewdness; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.

12 For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my produce.

13 “If I have rejected the justice of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me,

14 What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, with what will I respond to Him?

15 Did not He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb?