{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":31,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/30","next":"job/32","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze [with desire] at a virgin?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] I have made a covenant with my eyes."},{"style":"indent2","t":"How then could I gaze [with desire] at a virgin?"}],"h":"Job’s Final Appeal","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"For what [is] the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For what [is] the allotment of God from above,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or the heritage from the Almighty on high?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Does not disaster come to the unjust"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and calamity to the workers of iniquity?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Does He not see my ways and count my every step?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Does He not see my ways"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and count my every step?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If I have walked in falsehood"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or my foot has rushed to deceit,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"let God weigh me with honest scales,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that He may know my integrity."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If my steps have turned from the path,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if my heart has followed my eyes,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or if impurity has stuck to my hands,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then may another eat what I have sown,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and may my crops be uprooted."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or I have lurked at his door,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"then may my own wife grind [grain] for another, and may other men sleep with her.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then may my own wife grind [grain] for another,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and may other men sleep with her."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"For that [would be] a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For that [would be] a heinous crime,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"an iniquity to be judged."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.","f":["Abaddon means Destruction."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"it would root out my entire harvest."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when they made a complaint against me,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"what will I do when God rises to judge?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"How will I answer when called to account?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Did not He who made me in the womb also make them?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Did not the same One form us in the womb?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If I have denied the desires of the poor"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if I have eaten my morsel alone,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"not sharing it with the fatherless —"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided [the widow] —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"though from my youth I reared him as would a father,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and from my mother’s womb I guided [the widow] —"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or a needy man without a cloak,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,","f":["Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if his heart has not blessed me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because I saw that I had support in the gate,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then may my arm fall from my shoulder"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and be torn from its socket."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For calamity from God terrifies me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and His splendor I cannot overpower."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If I have put my trust in gold"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or called pure gold my security,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":25,"t":"if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if I have rejoiced in my great wealth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because my hand had gained so much,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,","f":["Hebrew the light"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if I have beheld the sun in its radiance"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or the moon moving in splendor,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"so that my heart was secretly enticed"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"this would also be an iniquity to be judged,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for I would have denied God on high."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or exulted when evil befell him —"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":30,"t":"I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I have not allowed my mouth to sin"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by asking for his life with a curse —"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":31,"t":"if the men of my house have not said,‘ Who is there who has not had his fill?’—","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if the men of my house have not said,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ Who is there who has not had his fill?’—"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":32,"t":"[but] no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[but] no stranger had to lodge on the street,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for my door has been open to the traveler —"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":33,"t":"if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,","f":["Or like men"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if I have covered my transgressions like Adam"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by hiding my guilt in my heart,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":34,"t":"because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"because I greatly feared the crowds"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the contempt of the clans terrified me,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"so that I kept silent"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and would not go outside —"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":35,"t":"( Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"( Oh, that I had one to hear me!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Here is my signature."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Let the Almighty answer me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let my accuser compose an indictment."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":36,"t":"Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely I would carry it on my shoulder"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and wear it like a crown."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":37,"t":"I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I would give account of all my steps;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I would approach Him like a prince.)—"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":38,"t":"if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"if my land cries out against me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and its furrows weep together,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":39,"t":"if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if I have devoured its produce without payment"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or broken the spirit of its tenants,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":40,"t":"then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then let briers grow instead of wheat"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and stinkweed instead of barley.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"Thus conclude the words of Job."}],"style":"indent1"}]}