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Job Asserts His Integrity | ||||
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| 1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin? | 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? | 1 "I have made an agreement with my eyes. Then how can I look with lust at a virgin? | 1 "I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman? | 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid? | 2 "And what is the portion of God from above Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high? | 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? | 2 What would God above do [to me]? What would be my inheritance from the Almighty on high? | 2 For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high? | 2 For what would have been my portion of +God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high? | 3 "Is it not calamity to the unjust And disaster to those who work iniquity? | 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? | 3 Aren't there catastrophes for wicked people and disasters for those who do wrong? | 3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity? | 3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity? | 4 "Does He not see my ways And number all my steps? | 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? | 4 Doesn't he see my ways and count all my steps? | 4 Doesn't he see my ways, and number all my steps? | 4 Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps? | 5 "If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hastened after deceit, | 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; | 5 "If I have walked with lies or my feet have run after deception, | 5 "If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit | 5 If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit, | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 Let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let God know my integrity. | 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. | 6 [then] let God weigh me on honest scales, and he will know I have integrity. | 6 (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity); | 6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;) | 7 "If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands, | 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; | 7 "If my steps have left the [proper] path, or my heart has followed [the desire of] my eyes, or my hands are stained [with sin], | 7 if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands, | 7 If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands; | 8 Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted. | 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. | 8 [then] let someone else eat what I have planted, and let my crops be uprooted. | 8 then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out. | 8 Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out. | 9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or I have lurked at my neighbor's doorway, | 9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; | 9 "If I have been seduced by a woman or I have secretly waited near my neighbor's door, | 9 "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door, | 9 If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door, | 10 May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her. | 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. | 10 [then] let my wife grind for another [man], and let other [men] kneel over her. | 10 then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her. | 10 Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges. | 11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. | 11 That would be a scandal, and that would be a criminal offense. | 11 For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges: | 11 For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity to be judged by the judges: | 12 "For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase. | 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. | 12 It would be a fire that burns even in Abaddon. It would uproot my entire harvest. | 12 For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase. | 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. | 13 "If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me, | 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; | 13 "If I have abused the rights of my servants, male or female, when they have disagreed with me, | 13 "If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me; | 13 If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me, | 14 What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him? | 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? | 14 then what could I do if God rises up? If he examines me, how could I answer him? | 14 What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him? | 14 What then should I do when �God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him? | 15 "Did not He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb? | 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? | 15 Didn't he who made me in my mother's belly make them? Didn't the same God form us in the womb? | 15 Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't one fashion us in the womb? | 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb? | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, | 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; | 16 "If I have refused the requests of the poor or made a widow's eyes stop [looking for help], | 16 "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, | 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail; | 17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it | 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; | 17 or have eaten my food alone without letting the orphan eat any of it.... | 17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it | 17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof, | 18 (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from infancy I guided 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;) | 18 (From my youth the orphan grew up with me as though I were his father, and from my birth I treated the widow kindly.) | 18 (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb); | 18 (For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the widow from my mother's womb;) | 19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering, | 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; | 19 If I have seen anyone die because he had no clothes or a poor person going naked.... | 19 if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering; | 19 If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering; | 20 If his loins have not thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep, | 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; | 20 (If his body didn't bless me, or the wool from my sheep didn't keep him warm....) | 20 if his heart hasn't blessed me, if he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece; | 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs; | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate, | 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: | 21 If I have shaken my fist at an orphan because I knew that others would back me up in court, | 21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate, | 21 If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate: | 22 Let my shoulder fall from the socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow. | 22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. | 22 [then] let my shoulder fall out of its socket, and let my arm be broken at the elbow. | 22 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone. | 22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone! | 23 "For calamity from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing. | 23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. | 23 "A disaster from God terrifies me. In the presence of his majesty I can do nothing. | 23 For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing. | 23 For calamity from �God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless. | 24 "If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust, | 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; | 24 "If I put my confidence in gold or said to fine gold, 'I trust you'.... | 24 "If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;' | 24 If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence! | 25 If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much; | 25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; | 25 If I enjoyed being very rich because my hand had found great [wealth].... | 25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; | 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 26 If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor, | 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; | 26 If I saw the light shine or the moon move along in its splendor | 26 if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor, | 26 If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness, | 27 And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, | 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: | 27 so that my heart was secretly tempted, and I threw them a kiss with my hand, | 27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, | 27 And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand: | 28 That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above. | 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. | 28 then that, too, would be a criminal offense, and I would have denied God above. | 28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above. | 28 This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the �God who is above. | 29 "Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy, Or exulted when evil befell him? | 29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: | 29 "If I enjoyed the ruin of my enemy or celebrated when harm came to him | 29 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him; | 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him; | 30 "No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse. | 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. | 30 (even though I didn't speak sinfully by calling down a curse on his life).... | 30 (yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse); | 30 (Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;) | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 31 "Have the men of my tent not said, 'Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat '? | 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. | 31 "If the people who were in my tent had said, 'We wish we had never filled [our stomachs] with his food'.... | 31 if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?' | 31 If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? -- | 32 "The alien has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler. | 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. | 32 (The visitor never spent the night outside, because I opened my door to the traveler.) | 32 (the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler); | 32 The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway. | 33 "Have I covered my transgressions like Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom, | 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: | 33 "If I have covered my disobedience like Adam and kept my sin to myself, | 33 if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart, | 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom, | 34 Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors? | 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? | 34 because I dreaded the large, noisy crowd and because the contempt of the [local] mobs terrified me so that I kept quiet and didn't go outside.... | 34 because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn't go out of the door-- | 34 Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, ... | 35 "Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has written, | 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. | 35 "If only I had someone who would listen to me! Look, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me. Let the prosecutor write [his complaint] on a scroll. | 35 oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment! | 35 Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation! | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, I would bind it to myself like a crown. | 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. | 36 I would certainly carry it on my shoulder and place it on my head like a crown. | 36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown. | 36 Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me as a crown; | 37 "I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him. | 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. | 37 I would tell him the number of my steps and approach him like a prince. | 37 I would declare to him the number of my steps. as a prince would I go near to him. | 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him. | 38 "If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together; | 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; | 38 "If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept.... | 38 If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together; | 38 If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together; | 39 If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or have caused its owners to lose their lives, | 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: | 39 If I have eaten its produce without paying for it and made its owners breathe their last, | 39 if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life, | 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners: | 40 Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended. | 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. | 40 [then] let it grow thistles instead of wheat, and foul-smelling weeds instead of barley." This is the end of Job's words. | 40 let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended. | 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. |
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