Job 31
1 I Made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
covenant to cut: make(covenant) to/for eye my and what? to understand upon virgin
2 For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
and what? portion god from above and inheritance Almighty from height
3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
not calamity to/for unjust and misfortune to/for to work evil: wickedness
4 Doth not he see my ways, and count 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, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
if to go: walk with vanity: false and to hasten upon deceit foot my
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.
to weigh me in/on/with balance righteousness and to know god integrity my
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot hath 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 [Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out.
to sow and another to eat and offspring my to uproot
9 If my heart hath been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
if to entice heart my upon woman and upon entrance neighbor my to ambush
10 [Then] let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.
to grind to/for another woman: wife my and upon her to bow [emph?] another
11 For this [is] a hainous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.
for (he/she/it *Q(K)*) wickedness (and he/she/it *Q(k)*) iniquity: crime judge
12 For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
for fire he/she/it till Abaddon to eat and in/on/with all produce my to uproot
13 If I despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended 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 riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall 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 not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion 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 have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
if to withhold from pleasure poor and eye widow to end: expend
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it;
and to eat morsel my to/for alone me and not to eat orphan from her
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb; )
for from youth my to magnify me like/as father and from belly: womb mother my to lead her
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
if to see: see to perish from without clothing and nothing covering to/for needy
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
if not to bless me (loin his *Q(K)*) and from fleece lamb my to warm
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
if to wave upon orphan hand: power my for to see: see in/on/with gate help my
22 [Then] let my arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
shoulder my from shoulder [to] to fall: fall and arm my from branch: shoulder her to break
23 For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
for dread to(wards) me calamity God and from elevation his not be able
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
if to set: make gold loin my and to/for gold to say confidence my
25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because my hand had gained much;
if to rejoice for many strength: rich my and for mighty to find hand my
26 If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;
if to see: see light for to shine and moon precious to go: walk
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
and to entice in/on/with secrecy heart my and to kiss hand my to/for lip my
28 This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.
also he/she/it iniquity: crime judge for to deceive to/for God from above
29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or have lifted 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 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
and not to give: allow to/for to sin palate my to/for to ask in/on/with oath soul: life his
31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be 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 street: [but] I opened 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, by hiding 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 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door?
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 one would hear me! behold, my desire [is], [that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] my adversary had written a book.
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 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.
if: surely yes not upon shoulder my to lift: bear him to bind him crown to/for me
37 I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him.
number step my to tell him like leader to present: come him
38 If my land crieth against me, or its furrows likewise complain;
if upon me land: soil my to cry out and unitedness furrow her to weep [emph?]
39 If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life:
if strength her to eat without silver: money and soul: life master her to breathe
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
underneath: instead wheat to come out: issue thistle and underneath: instead barley foul weed to finish word Job
