| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? | 1"I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin? |
| 2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? | 2What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high, |
| 3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? | 3if not calamity that is due the unjust, and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity? |
| 4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? | 4He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?" |
| 5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; | 5"If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception, |
| 6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. | 6let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity. |
| 7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine 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, |
| 8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. | 8what I've planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted." |
| 9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; | 9"If my heart has been seduced by a woman and I've laid in wait at my friend's door, |
| 10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. | 10then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her, |
| 11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. | 11because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged. |
| 12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. | 12The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward." |
| 13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; | 13"If I've refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me, |
| 14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? | 14what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him? |
| 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us 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 withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; | 16"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow, |
| 17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; | 17if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans, |
| 18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) | 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 any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; | 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 his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of 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 have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: | 21if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court, |
| 22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. | 22then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder. |
| 23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. | 23For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur." |
| 24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; | 24"If I've put my confidence in gold, if I've told gold, 'You're my security,' |
| 25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; | 25if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands, |
| 26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; | 26if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor, |
| 27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: | 27so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands, |
| 28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. | 28this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above." |
| 29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: | 29"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him? |
| 30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. | 30No, I haven't allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse. |
| 31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. | 31People in my household have said, 'We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they? |
| 32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. | 32No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers." |
| 33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: | 33"Have I covered my transgression like other people, to conceal iniquity within myself? |
| 34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? | 34Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?" |
| 35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. | 35"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature —let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me, |
| 36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. | 36I'll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown! |
| 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. | 37I'll give an account for every step I've taken; I'll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief." |
| 38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; | 38"If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one, |
| 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: | 39If I've consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners; |
| 40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. | 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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