1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?studyinterlinear
2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?studyinterlinear
3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?studyinterlinear
4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?studyinterlinear
5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;studyinterlinear
6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.studyinterlinear
7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;studyinterlinear
8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.studyinterlinear
9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;studyinterlinear
10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.studyinterlinear
11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.studyinterlinear
12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.studyinterlinear
13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;studyinterlinear
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?studyinterlinear
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?studyinterlinear
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;studyinterlinear
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;studyinterlinear
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;)studyinterlinear
19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;studyinterlinear
20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;studyinterlinear
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:studyinterlinear
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.studyinterlinear
23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.studyinterlinear
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;studyinterlinear
25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;studyinterlinear
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;studyinterlinear
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:studyinterlinear
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.studyinterlinear
29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:studyinterlinear
30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.studyinterlinear
31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.studyinterlinear
32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.studyinterlinear
33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:studyinterlinear
34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?studyinterlinear
35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.studyinterlinear
36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.studyinterlinear
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.studyinterlinear
38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;studyinterlinear
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:studyinterlinear
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.studyinterlinear