Job 31

1 A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what — do I attend to a virgin?

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

2 And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?

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

3 Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?

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

4 Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?

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

5 If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,

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

6 He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.

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

7 If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,

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 Let me sow — and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.

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

9 If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,

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

10 Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.

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

11 For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;

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

12 For a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,

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

13 If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

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

14 Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do 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? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.

¿ 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 withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

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

17 And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

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

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

19 If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,

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 from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,

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

21 If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,

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

22 My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.

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

23 For a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able.

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

24 If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

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

25 If I rejoice because great [is] my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

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

26 If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking,

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

27 And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,

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

28 It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.

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

29 If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,

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

30 Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

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

31 If not — say ye, O men of my tent, 'O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'

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

32 In the street doth not lodge a stranger, My doors to the traveller I open.

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

33 If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,

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

34 Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.

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 Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.

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 If not — on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.

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

37 The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.

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

38 If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,

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

39 If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,

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

40 Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.

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.