31:1 I made 3772 8804 a covenant 1285 with mine eyes 5869; why then should I think 995 8709 upon a maid 1330?

31:2 For what portion 2506 of God 433 [is there] from above 4605? and [what] inheritance 5159 of the Almighty 7706 from on high 4791?

31:3 [Is] not destruction 343 to the wicked 5767? and a strange 5235 [punishment] to the workers 6466 8802 of iniquity 205?

31:4 Doth not he see 7200 8799 my ways 1870, and count 5608 8799 all my steps 6806?

31:5 If I have walked 1980 8804 with vanity 7723, or if my foot 7272 hath hasted 2363 8799 to deceit 4820;

31:6 Let me be weighed 8254 8799 in an even 6664 balance 3976, that God 433 may know 3045 8799 mine integrity 8538.(Let…: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice)

31:7 If my step 838 hath turned out 5186 8799 of the way 1870, and mine heart 3820 walked 1980 8804 after 310 mine eyes 5869, and if any blot 3971 hath cleaved 1692 8804 to mine hands 3709;

31:8 [Then] let me sow 2232 8799, and let another 312 eat 398 8799; yea, let my offspring 6631 be rooted out 8327 8792.

31:9 If mine heart 3820 have been deceived 6601 8738 by a woman 802, or [if] I have laid wait 693 8804 at my neighbour's 7453 door 6607;

31:10 [Then] let my wife 802 grind 2912 8799 unto another 312, and let others 312 bow down 3766 8799 upon her.

31:11 For this [is] an heinous crime 2154; yea, it [is] an iniquity 5771 [to be punished by] the judges 6414.

31:12 For it [is] a fire 784 [that] consumeth 398 8799 to destruction 11, and would root out 8327 8762 all mine increase 8393.

31:13 If I did despise 3988 8799 the cause 4941 of my manservant 5650 or of my maidservant 519, when they contended 7379 with me;

31:14 What then shall I do 6213 8799 when God 410 riseth up 6965 8799? and when he visiteth 6485 8799, what shall I answer 7725 8686 him?

31:15 Did not he that made 6213 8802 me in the womb 990 make 6213 8804 him? and did not one 259 fashion 3559 8787 us in the womb 7358?(did not one…: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?)

31:16 If I have withheld 4513 8799 the poor 1800 from [their] desire 2656, or have caused the eyes 5869 of the widow 490 to fail 3615 8762;

31:17 Or have eaten 398 8799 my morsel 6595 myself alone, and the fatherless 3490 hath not eaten 398 8804 thereof;

31:18 (For from my youth 5271 he was brought up 1431 8804 with me, as [with] a father 1, and I have guided 5148 8686 her from my mother's 517 womb 990;)(her: that is, the widow)

31:19 If I have seen 7200 8799 any perish 6 8802 for want of clothing 3830, or any poor 34 without covering 3682;

31:20 If his loins 2504 have not blessed 1288 8765 me, and [if] he were [not] warmed 2552 8691 with the fleece 1488 of my sheep 3532;

31:21 If I have lifted up 5130 8689 my hand 3027 against the fatherless 3490, when I saw 7200 8799 my help 5833 in the gate 8179:

31:22 [Then] let mine arm 3802 fall 5307 8799 from my shoulder blade 7929, and mine arm 248 be broken 7665 8735 from the bone 7070.(bone: or, chanelbone)

31:23 For destruction 343 [from] God 410 [was] a terror 6343 to me, and by reason of his highness 7613 I could 3201 8799 not endure.

31:24 If I have made 7760 8804 gold 2091 my hope 3689, or have said 559 8804 to the fine gold 3800, [Thou art] my confidence 4009;

31:25 If I rejoiced 8055 8799 because my wealth 2428 [was] great 7227, and because mine hand 3027 had gotten 4672 8804 much 3524;(gotten…: Heb. found much)

31:26 If I beheld 7200 8799 the sun 216 when it shined 1984 8686, or the moon 3394 walking 1980 8802 [in] brightness 3368;(sun: Heb. light)(in…: Heb. bright)

31:27 And my heart 3820 hath been secretly 5643 enticed 6601 8799, or my mouth 6310 hath kissed 5401 8799 my hand 3027:(my mouth…: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth)

31:28 This also [were] an iniquity 5771 [to be punished by] the judge 6416: for I should have denied 3584 8765 the God 410 [that is] above 4605.

31:29 If I rejoiced 8055 8799 at the destruction 6365 of him that hated 8130 8764 me, or lifted up 5782 8712 myself when evil 7451 found 4672 8804 him:

31:30 Neither have I suffered 5414 8804 my mouth 2441 to sin 2398 8800 by wishing 7592 8800 a curse 423 to his soul 5315.(mouth: Heb. palate)

31:31 If the men 4962 of my tabernacle 168 said 559 8804 not, Oh that we had 5414 8799 of his flesh 1320! we cannot be satisfied 7646 8799.

31:32 The stranger 1616 did not lodge 3885 8799 in the street 2351: [but] I opened 6605 8799 my doors 1817 to the traveller 734.(traveller: or, way)

31:33 If I covered 3680 8765 my transgressions 6588 as Adam 121, by hiding 2934 8800 mine iniquity 5771 in my bosom 2243:(as Adam: or, after the manner of men)

31:34 Did I fear 6206 8799 a great 7227 multitude 1995, or did the contempt 937 of families 4940 terrify 2865 8686 me, that I kept silence 1826 8799, [and] went not out 3318 8799 of the door 6607?

31:35 Oh that 5414 8799 one would hear 8085 8802 me! behold, my desire 8420 [is, that] the Almighty 7706 would answer 6030 8799 me, and [that] mine adversary 376 7379 had written 3789 8804 a book 5612.(my…: or, my sign is that the Almighty will)

31:36 Surely I would take 5375 8799 it upon my shoulder 7926, [and] bind 6029 8799 it [as] a crown 5850 to me.

31:37 I would declare 5046 8686 unto him the number 4557 of my steps 6806; as a prince 5057 would I go near 7126 8762 unto him.

31:38 If my land 127 cry 2199 8799 against me, or that the furrows 8525 likewise 3162 thereof complain 1058 8799;(complain: Heb. weep)

31:39 If I have eaten 398 8804 the fruits 3581 thereof without money 3701, or have caused the owners 1167 thereof to lose 5301 8689 their life 5315:(fruits: Heb. strength)(the owners…: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out)

31:40 Let thistles 2336 grow 3318 8799 instead of wheat 2406, and cockle 890 instead of barley 8184. The words 1697 of Job 347 are ended 8552 8804.(cockle: or, noisome weeds)

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