nsb - Job:31

nsb@Job:31:1 @ »I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.

nsb@Job:31:2 @ »What is mans lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high?

nsb@Job:31:3 @ »Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?

nsb@Job:31:4 @ »Does he not see my ways and count my every step?

nsb@Job:31:5 @ »If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit

nsb@Job:31:6 @ »let God weigh me on honest scales and he will know that I am blameless.

nsb@Job:31:7 @ »If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,

nsb@Job:31:8 @ then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

nsb@Job:31:9 @ »If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbors door,

nsb@Job:31:10 @ then may my wife grind another mans grain, and may other men sleep with her.

nsb@Job:31:11 @ »For that would have been shameful, a sin to be judged.

nsb@Job:31:12 @ »That would be a fire consuming down to destruction, and it would burn all my harvest to the root.

nsb@Job:31:13 @ »If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me

nsb@Job:31:14 @ what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

nsb@Job:31:15 @ »Did the one who made me in the womb make them? And did that one fashion us in the womb?

nsb@Job:31:16 @ »If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

nsb@Job:31:17 @ »If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it,

nsb@Job:31:18 @ for from my youth I reared the orphan like a father, and from my mothers womb I guided the widow.

nsb@Job:31:19 @ »If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or a poor person without covering,

nsb@Job:31:20 @ whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

nsb@Job:31:21 @ if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate;

nsb@Job:31:22 @ then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.

nsb@Job:31:23 @ »I was in terror of destruction from God and I could not face his majesty.

nsb@Job:31:24 @ »If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence,

nsb@Job:31:25 @ if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much;

nsb@Job:31:26 @ if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,

nsb@Job:31:27 @ and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,

nsb@Job:31:28 @ this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied God above.

nsb@Job:31:29 @ »If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook them,

nsb@Job:31:30 @ »I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse.

nsb@Job:31:31 @ »If those of my tent ever said: Who is not satisfied with his food?«

nsb@Job:31:32 @ »The stranger has not lodged in the street for I have opened my doors to the traveler.

nsb@Job:31:33 @ »If I have concealed my transgressions as others do, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

nsb@Job:31:34 @ because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and did not go out of doors.

nsb@Job:31:35 @ »Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!

nsb@Job:31:36 @ »Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown.

nsb@Job:31:37 @ »I would give him an account of all my steps. Like a prince I would approach him.

nsb@Job:31:38 @ »If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together.

nsb@Job:31:39 @ If I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners;

nsb@Job:31:40 @ let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.« The words of Job are ended, JOB QUITE TALKING.