noyes - Job:31

noyes@Job:31:1 @ I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then could I gaze upon a maid?

noyes@Job:31:2 @ For what is the portion appointed by God from above, And the inheritance allotted by the Almighty from on high?

noyes@Job:31:3 @ Is not destruction for the wicked, And ruin for the workers of iniquity?

noyes@Job:31:4 @ Doth He not see my ways, And number all my steps?

noyes@Job:31:5 @ If I have walked with falsehood, And if my foot hath hasted to deceit,

noyes@Job:31:6 @ Let him weigh me in an even balance; Yea, let God know my integrity!

noyes@Job:31:7 @ If my steps have turned aside from the way, And my heart gone after mine eyes, Or if any stain hath cleaved to my hand,

noyes@Job:31:8 @ Then I may sow, and another eat; And what I plant, may it be rooted up!

noyes@Job:31:9 @ If my heart hath been enticed by a woman, Or if I have watched at my neighbors door,

noyes@Job:31:10 @ Then let my wife grind for another, And let other men lie with her!

noyes@Job:31:11 @ For this were a heinous crime, Even a transgression to be punished by the judges;

noyes@Job:31:12 @ Yea, it were a fire that would consume to destruction, And root out all my increase.

noyes@Job:31:13 @ If I have refused justice to my manservant or maidservant, When they had a controversy with me,

noyes@Job:31:14 @ Then what shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

noyes@Job:31:15 @ Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Did not one fashion us in the womb?

noyes@Job:31:16 @ If I have refused the poor their desire, And caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

noyes@Job:31:17 @ If I have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not partaken of it;

noyes@Job:31:18 @ (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And I have helped the widow from my mothers womb;)

noyes@Job:31:19 @ If I have seen any one perishing for want of clothing, Or any poor man without covering;

noyes@Job:31:20 @ If his loins have not blessed me, And he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

noyes@Job:31:21 @ If I have shaken my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate,

noyes@Job:31:22 @ Then may my shoulder fill from its blade, And my forearm be broken from its bone!

noyes@Job:31:23 @ For destruction from God was a terror to me, And before his majesty I could do nothing.

noyes@Job:31:24 @ If I have made gold my trust, Or said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

noyes@Job:31:25 @ If I have rejoiced, because my wealth was great, And my hand had found abundance;

noyes@Job:31:26 @ If I have beheld the sun in his splendor, Or the moon advancing in brightness,

noyes@Job:31:27 @ And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand,

noyes@Job:31:28 @ This also were a crime to be punished by the judge; For I should have denied the God who is above.

noyes@Job:31:29 @ If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, And exulted when evil came upon him;

noyes@Job:31:30 @ (Nay, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, By asking with curses his life;)

noyes@Job:31:31 @ If the men of my tent have not exclaimed, "Who is there that hath not been satisfied with his meat?"

noyes@Job:31:32 @ The stranger did not lodge in the street; I opened my doors to the traveller.

noyes@Job:31:33 @ Have I, after the manner of men, hidden my transgression, Concealing my iniquity in my bosom,

noyes@Job:31:34 @ Then let me be confounded before the great multitude! Let the contempt of families cover me with shame! Yea, let me keep silence! let me never appear abroad!

noyes@Job:31:35 @ O that there were one who would hear me! Behold my signature! let the Almighty answer me. And let mine adversary write down his charge!

noyes@Job:31:36 @ Truly I would wear it upon my shoulder; I would bind it upon me as a crown.

noyes@Job:31:37 @ I would disclose to him all my steps; I would approach him like a prince.

noyes@Job:31:38 @ If my land cry out against me, And its furrows bewail together;

noyes@Job:31:39 @ If I have eaten of its fruits without payment, And wrung out the life of its owners,

noyes@Job:31:40 @ Let thorns grow up instead of wheat, And noxious weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.