< Job 31 >

1 I made a couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde?
covenant to cut: make(covenant) to/for eye my and what? to understand upon virgin
2 For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?
and what? portion god from above and inheritance Almighty from height
3 Is not destruction to the wicked and strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?
not calamity to/for unjust and misfortune to/for to work evil: wickedness
4 Doeth not he beholde my wayes and tell all my steps?
not he/she/it to see: see way: conduct my and all step my to recount
5 If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my foote hath made haste to deceite,
if to go: walk with vanity: false and to hasten upon deceit foot my
6 Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shall know mine vprightnes.
to weigh me in/on/with balance righteousness and to know god integrity my
7 If my steppe hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaued to mine handes,
if to stretch step my from [the] way: conduct and after eye my to go: went heart my and in/on/with palm my to cleave blemish
8 Let me sowe, and let another eate: yea, let my plantes be rooted out.
to sow and another to eat and offspring my to uproot
9 If mine heart hath bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at the doore of my neighbour,
if to entice heart my upon woman and upon entrance neighbor my to ambush
10 Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her:
to grind to/for another woman: wife my and upon her to bow [emph?] another
11 For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to bee condemned:
for (he/she/it *Q(K)*) wickedness (and he/she/it *Q(k)*) iniquity: crime judge
12 Yea, this is a fire that shall deuoure to destruction, and which shall roote out al mine increase,
for fire he/she/it till Abaddon to eat and in/on/with all produce my to uproot
13 If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,
if to reject justice servant/slave my and maidservant my in/on/with strife their with me me
14 What then shall I do when God standeth vp? and when he shall visit me, what shall I answere?
and what? to make: do for to arise: rise God and for to reckon: visit what? to return: reply him
15 He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?
not in/on/with belly: womb to make me to make him and to establish: make him in/on/with womb one
16 If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
if to withhold from pleasure poor and eye widow to end: expend
17 Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,
and to eat morsel my to/for alone me and not to eat orphan from her
18 (For from my youth hee hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue bene a guide vnto her)
for from youth my to magnify me like/as father and from belly: womb mother my to lead her
19 If I haue seene any perish for want of clothing, or any poore without couering,
if to see: see to perish from without clothing and nothing covering to/for needy
20 If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe,
if not to bless me (loin his *Q(K)*) and from fleece lamb my to warm
21 If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
if to wave upon orphan hand: power my for to see: see in/on/with gate help my
22 Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, and mine arme be broken from the bone.
shoulder my from shoulder [to] to fall: fall and arm my from branch: shoulder her to break
23 For Gods punishment was fearefull vnto me, and I could not be deliuered from his highnes.
for dread to(wards) me calamity God and from elevation his not be able
24 If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence,
if to set: make gold loin my and to/for gold to say confidence my
25 If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,
if to rejoice for many strength: rich my and for mighty to find hand my
26 If I did behold the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in her brightnes,
if to see: see light for to shine and moon precious to go: walk
27 If mine heart did flatter me in secrete, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand,
and to entice in/on/with secrecy heart my and to kiss hand my to/for lip my
28 (This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)
also he/she/it iniquity: crime judge for to deceive to/for God from above
29 If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,
if to rejoice in/on/with disaster to hate me and to rouse for to find him bad: evil
30 Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.
and not to give: allow to/for to sin palate my to/for to ask in/on/with oath soul: life his
31 Did not the men of my Tabernacle say, Who shall giue vs of his flesh? we can not bee satisfied.
if not to say man tent my who? to give: allow from flesh his not to satisfy
32 The stranger did not lodge in the streete, but I opened my doores vnto him, that went by the way.
in/on/with outside not to lodge sojourner door my to/for way to open
33 If I haue hid my sinne, as Adam, concealing mine iniquitie in my bosome,
if to cover like/as Adam transgression my to/for to hide in/on/with breast my iniquity: crime my
34 Though I could haue made afraid a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families did feare me: so I kept silence, and went not out of the doore.
for to tremble crowd many and contempt family to to be dismayed me and to silence: silent not to come out: come entrance
35 Oh that I had some to heare me! beholde my signe that the Almightie will witnesse for me: though mine aduersary should write a booke against me,
who? to give: if only! to/for me to hear: hear to/for me look! mark my Almighty to answer me and scroll: document to write man strife my
36 Woulde not I take it vpon my shoulder, and binde it as a crowne vnto me?
if: surely yes not upon shoulder my to lift: bear him to bind him crown to/for me
37 I will tell him the nomber of my goings, and goe vnto him as to a prince.
number step my to tell him like leader to present: come him
38 If my lande cry against me, or the furrowes thereof complayne together,
if upon me land: soil my to cry out and unitedness furrow her to weep [emph?]
39 If I haue eaten the fruites thereof without siluer: or if I haue grieued the soules of the masters thereof,
if strength her to eat without silver: money and soul: life master her to breathe
40 Let thistles growe in steade of wheate, and cockle in the stead of Barley. The wordes of Iob are ended.
underneath: instead wheat to come out: issue thistle and underneath: instead barley foul weed to finish word Job

< Job 31 >