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1I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I look at a young woman?

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

2For what portion would I have from God above, or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?

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

3Doesn't disaster come to the unjust and misfortune to evildoers?

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

4Does he not see my ways and number all my steps?

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

5If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

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

6let God weigh me on accurate scales, and he will recognize my integrity.

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

7If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands,

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,

8let someone else eat what I have sown, and let my crops be uprooted.

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

9If my heart has gone astray over a woman or I have lurked at my neighbor's door,

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

10let my own wife grind grain for another man, and let other men sleep with her.

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

11For that would be a disgrace; it would be an iniquity deserving punishment.

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

12For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon; it would destroy my entire harvest.

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

13If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants when they made a complaint against me,

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

14what could I do when God stands up to judge? How should I answer him when he calls me to account?

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

15Did not the one who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same God form 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?"

16If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow's eyes go blind,

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

17if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it--

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

18for from my youth, I raised him as his father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow--

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),

19if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing or a needy person without a cloak,

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,

20if he did not bless me while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

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

21if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

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

22then let my shoulder blade fall from my back, and my arm be pulled from its socket.

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

23For disaster from God terrifies me, and because of his majesty I could not do these things.

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

24If I placed my confidence in gold or called fine gold my trust,

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

25if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great or because my own hand has acquired so much,

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

26if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor,

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

27so that my heart was secretly enticed and I threw them a kiss,

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

28this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment, for I would have denied God above.

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

29Have I rejoiced over my enemy's distress, or become excited when trouble came his way?

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

30I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

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

31Haven't the members of my household said, "Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job's table?"

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

32No stranger had to spend the night on the street, for I opened my door to the traveler.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37I would give him an account of all my steps; I would approach 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."

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

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

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

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

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

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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