Job 31
1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then could I gaze upon a maid?
A covenant I made to eyes my and what? will I look carefully on a virgin.
2 For what is the portion appointed by God from above, And the inheritance allotted by the Almighty from on high?
And what? - [is] [the] portion of God above and [the] inheritance of [the] Almighty from high places.
3 Is not destruction for the wicked, And ruin for the workers of iniquity?
¿ Not [does] calamity [belong] to an evil-doer and misfortune to [those who] do wickedness.
4 Doth He not see my ways, And number all my steps?
¿ Not he does he see ways my and all steps my does he count?
5 If I have walked with falsehood, And if my foot hath hasted to deceit,
If I have walked with falsehood and it has made haste to deceit foot my.
6 Let him weigh me in an even balance; Yea, let God know my integrity!
Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness and let him acknowledge God integrity my.
7 If my steps have turned aside from the way, And my heart gone after mine eyes, Or if any stain hath cleaved to my hand,
If it turned aside step my from the way and after eyes my it has gone heart my and to hands my it has stuck a blemish.
8 Then I may sow, and another eat; And what I plant, may it be rooted up!
Let me sow and another let him eat and produce my let them be rooted up.
9 If my heart hath been enticed by a woman, Or if I have watched at my neighbor's door,
If it has been deceived heart my on a woman and at [the] doorway of neighbor my I have lain in wait.
10 Then let my wife grind for another, And let other men lie with her!
Let her grind for another wife my and over her let them bow down! others.
11 For this were a heinous crime, Even a transgression to be punished by the judges;
For (that *Q(K)*) [is] wickedness (and that *Q(k)*) [is] iniquity judges.
12 Yea, it were a fire that would consume to destruction, And root out all my increase.
For [is] a fire that [which] to Abaddon it will devour and all produce my it will root up.
13 If I have refused justice to my man-servant or maid-servant, When they had a controversy with me,
If I rejected [the] cause of male servant my and female servant my in complaint their with me.
14 Then what shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
And what? will I do if he will arise God and if he will visit what? will I respond to him.
15 Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Did not one fashion us in the womb?
¿ Not in the belly [the one who] made me did he make him and did prepare us? he in the womb one.
16 If I have refused the poor their desire, And caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
If I withheld any of [the] desire of poor [people] and [the] eyes of a widow I caused to fail.
17 If I have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not partaken of it;
And I may eat morsel of bread my to alone me and not he ate a fatherless one some of it.
18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And I have helped the widow from my mother's womb; )
For since youth my he grew up with me like a father and from [the] womb of mother my I guided her.
19 If I have seen any one perishing for want of clothing, Or any poor man without covering;
If I saw [one who] was perishing because not clothing and not covering [belonged] to the needy [person].
20 If his loins have not blessed me, And he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
If not they blessed me (loins his *Q(K)*) and from [the] fleece of lambs my he warmed himself.
21 If I have shaken my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate, —
If I brandished on a fatherless one hand my for I saw in the gate help my.
22 Then may my shoulder fill from its blade, And my fore-arm be broken from its bone!
Shoulder my from its shoulder let it fall and arm my from arm its let it be broken.
23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, And before his majesty I could do nothing.
For [was] a fear to me calamity of God and from majesty his not I am able.
24 If I have made gold my trust, Or said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
If I have made gold confidence my and to pure gold I have said security my.
25 If I have rejoiced, because my wealth was great, And my hand had found abundance;
If I rejoiced for [was] great wealth my and for much it had found hand my.
26 If I have beheld the sun in his splendor, Or the moon advancing in brightness,
If I saw a light that it shone and [the] moon splendid [was] going.
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand,
And it was gullible in secrecy heart my and it kissed hand my mouth my.
28 This also were a crime to be punished by the judge; For I should have denied the God who is above.
Also that [is] iniquity calling for judgment for I denied God above.
29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, And exulted when evil came upon him;
If I rejoiced in [the] disaster of [one who] hated me and I excited myself if it had found him calamity.
30 (Nay, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, By asking with curses his life; )
And not I have permitted to sin palate my by asking for by a curse life his.
31 If the men of my tent have not exclaimed, “Who is there that hath not been satisfied with his meat?”
If not they have said [the] men of tent my who? will he give from meat his not [one who] is satisfied.
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street; I opened my doors to the traveller.
In the street not he passed [the] night a sojourner doors my to the path I opened.
33 Have I, after the manner of men, hidden my transgression, Concealing my iniquity in my bosom,
If I have concealed like Adam transgressions my by hiding in bosom my iniquity my.
34 Then let me be confounded before the great multitude! Let the contempt of families cover me with shame! Yea, let me keep silence! let me never appear abroad!
For I feared - a multitude great and [the] contempt of clans it caused to be dismayed me and I was silent not I went outside [the] door.
35 O that there were one who would hear me! Behold my signature! let the Almighty answer me. And let mine adversary write down his charge!
Who? will he give [will belong] to me - [one who] listens to me here! mark my [the] Almighty let him answer me and a document [which] he had written [the] person of case my.
36 Truly I would wear it upon my shoulder; I would bind it upon me as a crown.
If not on shoulder my I will carry it I will tie on it a crown to myself.
37 I would disclose to him all my steps; I would approach him like a prince.
[the] number of Steps my I will tell to him like a chief I will approach him.
38 If my land cry out against me, And its furrows bewail together;
If on me land my it cried out and together furrows its they wept!
39 If I have eaten of its fruits without payment, And wrung out the life of its owners,
If produce its I have eaten not money and [the] life of owners its I have caused to breathe out.
40 Let thorns grow up instead of wheat, And noxious weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
In place of wheat - let it come forth thorn[s] and in place of barley foul weed[s] they are finished [the] words of Job.
