Job 31

1 A covenant I made to eyes my and what? will I look carefully on a virgin.

“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

2 And what? - [is] [the] portion of God above and [the] inheritance of [the] Almighty from high places.

For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

3 ¿ Not [does] calamity [belong] to an evil-doer and misfortune to [those who] do wickedness.

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

4 ¿ Not he does he see ways my and all steps my does he count?

Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

5 If I have walked with falsehood and it has made haste to deceit foot my.

If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

6 Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness and let him acknowledge God integrity my.

let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

7 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.

If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

8 Let me sow and another let him eat and produce my let them be rooted up.

then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

9 If it has been deceived heart my on a woman and at [the] doorway of neighbor my I have lain in wait.

If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

10 Let her grind for another wife my and over her let them bow down! others.

then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

11 For (that *Q(K)*) [is] wickedness (and that *Q(k)*) [is] iniquity judges.

For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

12 For [is] a fire that [which] to Abaddon it will devour and all produce my it will root up.

For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

13 If I rejected [the] cause of male servant my and female servant my in complaint their with me.

If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

14 And what? will I do if he will arise God and if he will visit what? will I respond to him.

what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

15 ¿ Not in the belly [the one who] made me did he make him and did prepare us? he in the womb one.

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

16 If I withheld any of [the] desire of poor [people] and [the] eyes of a widow I caused to fail.

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

17 And I may eat morsel of bread my to alone me and not he ate a fatherless one some of it.

if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

18 For since youth my he grew up with me like a father and from [the] womb of mother my I guided her.

though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

19 If I saw [one who] was perishing because not clothing and not covering [belonged] to the needy [person].

if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

20 If not they blessed me (loins his *Q(K)*) and from [the] fleece of lambs my he warmed himself.

if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

21 If I brandished on a fatherless one hand my for I saw in the gate help my.

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

22 Shoulder my from its shoulder let it fall and arm my from arm its let it be broken.

then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

23 For [was] a fear to me calamity of God and from majesty his not I am able.

For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

24 If I have made gold confidence my and to pure gold I have said security my.

If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

25 If I rejoiced for [was] great wealth my and for much it had found hand my.

if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

26 If I saw a light that it shone and [the] moon splendid [was] going.

if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

27 And it was gullible in secrecy heart my and it kissed hand my mouth my.

so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

28 Also that [is] iniquity calling for judgment for I denied God above.

this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

29 If I rejoiced in [the] disaster of [one who] hated me and I excited myself if it had found him calamity.

If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

30 And not I have permitted to sin palate my by asking for by a curse life his.

I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

31 If not they have said [the] men of tent my who? will he give from meat his not [one who] is satisfied.

if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

32 In the street not he passed [the] night a sojourner doors my to the path I opened.

but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

33 If I have concealed like Adam transgressions my by hiding in bosom my iniquity my.

if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

34 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.

because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

35 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.

(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

36 If not on shoulder my I will carry it I will tie on it a crown to myself.

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

37 [the] number of Steps my I will tell to him like a chief I will approach him.

I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

38 If on me land my it cried out and together furrows its they wept!

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

39 If produce its I have eaten not money and [the] life of owners its I have caused to breathe out.

if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

40 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.

then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.