Job 31
1 “I made a covenant for my eyes, And how do I attend to a virgin?
covenant to cut: make(covenant) to/for eye my and what? to understand upon virgin
2 And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
and what? portion god from above and inheritance Almighty from height
3 Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?
not calamity to/for unjust and misfortune to/for to work evil: wickedness
4 Does He not see my ways, And number all my steps?
not he/she/it to see: see way: conduct my and all step my to recount
5 If I have walked with vanity, And my foot hurries to deceit,
if to go: walk with vanity: false and to hasten upon deceit foot my
6 He weighs me in righteous balances, And God knows my integrity.
to weigh me in/on/with balance righteousness and to know god integrity my
7 If my step turns aside from the way, And my heart has gone after my eyes, And blemish has cleaved to my hands,
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 sow—and another eat, And let my products be rooted out.
to sow and another to eat and offspring my to uproot
9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, And I laid wait by the opening of my neighbor,
if to entice heart my upon woman and upon entrance neighbor my to ambush
10 Let my wife grind to another, And let others bend over her.
to grind to/for another woman: wife my and upon her to bow [emph?] another
11 For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
for (he/she/it *Q(K)*) wickedness (and he/she/it *Q(k)*) iniquity: crime judge
12 For it [is] a fire, it consumes to destruction, And takes root among all my increase,
for fire he/she/it till Abaddon to eat and in/on/with all produce my to uproot
13 If I despise the cause of my manservant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
if to reject justice servant/slave my and maidservant my in/on/with strife their with me me
14 Then what do I do when God arises? And when He inspects, What do I answer Him?
and what? to make: do for to arise: rise God and for to reckon: visit what? to return: reply him
15 Did He that made me in the womb not make him? Indeed, One prepares us in the womb.
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 withhold the poor from pleasure, And consume the eyes of the widow,
if to withhold from pleasure poor and eye widow to end: expend
17 And I eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan has nothing [to] eat of it,
and to eat morsel my to/for alone me and not to eat orphan from her
18 (But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led),
for from youth my to magnify me like/as father and from belly: womb mother my to lead her
19 If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering for the needy,
if to see: see to perish from without clothing and nothing covering to/for needy
20 If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He does not warm himself,
if not to bless me (loin his *Q(K)*) and from fleece lamb my to warm
21 If I have waved my hand at the fatherless, When I see [him] in the gate of my court,
if to wave upon orphan hand: power my for to see: see in/on/with gate help my
22 Let my shoulder fall from its blade, And the bone from my arm be broken.
shoulder my from shoulder [to] to fall: fall and arm my from branch: shoulder her to break
23 For calamity [from] God [is] a dread to me, And because of His excellence I am not able.
for dread to(wards) me calamity God and from elevation his not be able
24 If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, My trust;
if to set: make gold loin my and to/for gold to say confidence my
25 If I rejoice because my wealth [is] great, And because my hand has found abundance,
if to rejoice for many strength: rich my and for mighty to find hand my
26 If I see the light when it shines, And the precious moon walking,
if to see: see light for to shine and moon precious to go: walk
27 And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand kisses my mouth,
and to entice in/on/with secrecy heart my and to kiss hand my to/for lip my
28 It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
also he/she/it iniquity: crime judge for to deceive to/for God from above
29 If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
if to rejoice in/on/with disaster to hate me and to rouse for to find him bad: evil
30 Indeed, I have not permitted my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
and not to give: allow to/for to sin palate my to/for to ask in/on/with oath soul: life his
31 If not, say, O men of my tent: O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.
if not to say man tent my who? to give: allow from flesh his not to satisfy
32 A stranger does not lodge in the street, I open my doors to the traveler.
in/on/with outside not to lodge sojourner door my to/for way to open
33 If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, To hide my iniquity in my bosom,
if to cover like/as Adam transgression my to/for to hide in/on/with breast my iniquity: crime my
34 Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families frightens me, Then I am silent, I do not go out of the opening.
for to tremble crowd many and contempt family to to be dismayed me and to silence: silent not to come out: come entrance
35 Who gives to me a hearing? Behold, my mark. The Mighty One answers me, And my adversary has written a bill.
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 If not—on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it [as] a crown on myself.
if: surely yes not upon shoulder my to lift: bear him to bind him crown to/for me
37 The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.
number step my to tell him like leader to present: come him
38 If my land cries out against me, And together its furrows weep,
if upon me land: soil my to cry out and unitedness furrow her to weep [emph?]
39 If I consumed its strength without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
if strength her to eat without silver: money and soul: life master her to breathe
40 Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed!” The words of Job are finished.
underneath: instead wheat to come out: issue thistle and underneath: instead barley foul weed to finish word Job
