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Book 29 : KETUVIM - JOB - Chapter 031

31:001

I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid

31:002

For what would be the portion of G-d from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high

31:003

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity

31:004

Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps

31:005

If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit-

31:006

Let me be weighed in a just balance, that G-d may know mine integrity-

31:007

If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to my hands

31:008

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out

31:009

If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbour's door

31:010

Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her

31:011

For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges

31:012

For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase

31:013

If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me-

31:014

What then shall I do when G-d riseth up? And when He remembereth, what shall I answer Him

31:015

Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb

31:016

If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail

31:017

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof-

31:018

Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb

31:019

If I have seen any wanderer in want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering

31:020

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep

31:021

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate

31:022

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone

31:023

For calamity from G-d was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing

31:024

If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence'

31:025

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much

31:026

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness

31:027

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand

31:028

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to G-d that is above

31:029

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or exulted when evil found him-

31:030

Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse

31:031

If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?

31:032

The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside

31:033

If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom-

31:034

Because I feared the great multitude, and the most contemptible among families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door

31:035

Oh that I had one to hear me! --Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me--and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written

31:036

Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown

31:037

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him

31:038

If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together

31:039

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed-

31:040

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended



Book 29 : KETUVIM - JOB - Chapter 031

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