Job 31:33-40 ▼

33 Have I covered my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heart

34 because I greatly feared the crowds and because the contempt of the clans terrified me, so I grew silent and would not go outside?

35 If only I had someone to hear my case! Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me. Let my Opponent compose his indictment.

36 I would surely carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

37 I would give him an account of all my steps; I would approach him like a prince.

38 If my land cries out against me and its furrows join in weeping,

39 if I have consumed its produce without payment or shown contempt for its tenants,

40 then let thorns grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are concluded.