Job 31
1 A covenant I made to eyes my and what? will I look carefully on a virgin.
“I made a covenant for my eyes, And how do I attend to a virgin?
2 And what? - [is] [the] portion of God above and [the] inheritance of [the] Almighty from high places.
And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
3 ¿ Not [does] calamity [belong] to an evil-doer and misfortune to [those who] do wickedness.
Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to 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 number all my steps?
5 If I have walked with falsehood and it has made haste to deceit foot my.
If I have walked with vanity, And my foot hurries to deceit,
6 Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness and let him acknowledge God integrity my.
He weighs me in righteous balances, And God knows 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 step turns aside from the way, And my heart has gone after my eyes, And blemish has cleaved to my hands,
8 Let me sow and another let him eat and produce my let them be rooted up.
Let me sow—and another eat, And let my products be rooted out.
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 a woman, And I laid wait by the opening of my neighbor,
10 Let her grind for another wife my and over her let them bow down! others.
Let my wife grind to another, And let others bend over her.
11 For (that *Q(K)*) [is] wickedness (and that *Q(k)*) [is] iniquity judges.
For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
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, it consumes to destruction, And takes root among all my increase,
13 If I rejected [the] cause of male servant my and female servant my in complaint their with me.
If I despise the cause of my manservant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
14 And what? will I do if he will arise God and if he will visit what? will I respond to him.
Then what do I do when God arises? And when He inspects, What do I answer Him?
15 ¿ Not in the belly [the one who] made me did he make him and did prepare us? he in the womb one.
Did He that made me in the womb not make him? Indeed, One prepares 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 withhold the poor from pleasure, And consume the eyes of the widow,
17 And I may eat morsel of bread my to alone me and not he ate a fatherless one some of it.
And I eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan has nothing [to] eat of it,
18 For since youth my he grew up with me like a father and from [the] womb of mother my I guided her.
(But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led),
19 If I saw [one who] was perishing because not clothing and not covering [belonged] to the needy [person].
If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering for the needy,
20 If not they blessed me (loins his *Q(K)*) and from [the] fleece of lambs my he warmed himself.
If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He does not warm himself,
21 If I brandished on a fatherless one hand my for I saw in the gate help my.
If I have waved my hand at the fatherless, When I see [him] in the gate of my court,
22 Shoulder my from its shoulder let it fall and arm my from arm its let it be broken.
Let my shoulder fall from its blade, And the bone from my arm be broken.
23 For [was] a fear to me calamity of God and from majesty his not I am able.
For calamity [from] God [is] a dread to me, And because of His excellence I am not able.
24 If I have made gold confidence my and to pure gold I have said security my.
If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, My trust;
25 If I rejoiced for [was] great wealth my and for much it had found hand my.
If I rejoice because my wealth [is] great, And because my hand has found abundance,
26 If I saw a light that it shone and [the] moon splendid [was] going.
If I see the light when it shines, And the precious moon walking,
27 And it was gullible in secrecy heart my and it kissed hand my mouth my.
And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand kisses my mouth,
28 Also that [is] iniquity calling for judgment for I denied God above.
It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
29 If I rejoiced in [the] disaster of [one who] hated me and I excited myself if it had found him calamity.
If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
30 And not I have permitted to sin palate my by asking for by a curse life his.
Indeed, I have not permitted my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
31 If not they have said [the] men of tent my who? will he give from meat his not [one who] is satisfied.
If not, say, O men of my tent: O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.
32 In the street not he passed [the] night a sojourner doors my to the path I opened.
A stranger does not lodge in the street, I open my doors 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 as Adam, To hide my iniquity in my bosom,
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 fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families frightens me, Then I am silent, I do not go out of the opening.
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.
Who gives to me a hearing? Behold, my mark. The Mighty One answers me, And my adversary has written a bill.
36 If not on shoulder my I will carry it I will tie on it a crown to myself.
If not—on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it [as] a crown on myself.
37 [the] number of Steps my I will tell to him like a chief I will approach him.
The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.
38 If on me land my it cried out and together furrows its they wept!
If my land cries out against me, And together its furrows weep,
39 If produce its I have eaten not money and [the] life of owners its I have caused to breathe out.
If I consumed its strength without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
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.
Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed!” The words of Job are finished.
