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

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

2What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high?

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

3Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity?

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

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

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

5“If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit;

5“Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone?

6(Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!)

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

7if 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,

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,

8then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me be rooted out.

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

9“If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

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

10then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down on her.

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

11For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;

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

12for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.

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

13“If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,

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

14what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

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

15Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

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

16“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

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

17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

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

18(for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow),

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

19if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering,

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

20if his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

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

21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

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

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

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

23For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.

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

24“If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,

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

25if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,

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

26if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,

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

27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,

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

28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.

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

29“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him

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

30(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse),

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

31if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?’

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

32(the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler),

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

33if I have concealed my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

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

34because 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—

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

35Oh, 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!

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.

36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown;

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

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

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

38“If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together,

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

39if I have eaten its yield without payment and made its owners breathe their last,

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

40let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

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

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