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1“I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?

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

2For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

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

3Is it not destruction for the wicked, And disaster for the workers of iniquity?

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

4Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps?

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

5“If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,

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

6Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know 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, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to 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,

8Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out.

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

9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if 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,

10Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her.

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

11For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment.

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

12For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.

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

13“If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against 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 rises up? When He punishes, how 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 who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same 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?"

16“If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or 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 eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it

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

18(But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother’s womb 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 perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man 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 heart has not blessed me, And if he was 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 raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate;

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

22Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket.

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

23For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.

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

24“If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;

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 was great, And because my hand had gained 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 observed the sun when it shines, Or the moon moving in brightness,

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

27So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;

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

28This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above.

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

29“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up 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?

30(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul);

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

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

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

32(But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler);

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

33If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

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

34Because I feared the great multitude, And dreaded the contempt of families, So that I kept silence And did not go 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 I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor 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 carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me like a crown;

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

37I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him.

37I'll give an account for every step I've taken; I'll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief."

38“If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;

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

39If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or caused its owners to lose their lives;

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

40Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, And weeds 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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