I made [03772] a covenant [01285] with mine eyes [05869]; why then should I think [0995] upon a maid [01330]?
For what portion [02506] of God [0433] is there from above [04605]? and what inheritance [05159] of the Almighty [07706] from on high [04791]?
Is not destruction [0343] to the wicked [05767]? and a strange [05235] punishment to the workers [06466] of iniquity [0205]?
Doth not he see [07200] my ways [01870], and count [05608] all my steps [06806]?
If I have walked [01980] with vanity [07723], or if my foot [07272] hath hasted [02363] to deceit [04820];
Let me be weighed [08254] in an even [06664] balance [03976], that God [0433] may know [03045] mine integrity [08538].Let…: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice
If my step [0838] hath turned out [05186] of the way [01870], and mine heart [03820] walked [01980] after [0310] mine eyes [05869], and if any blot [03971] hath cleaved [01692] to mine hands [03709];
Then let me sow [02232], and let another [0312] eat [0398]; yea, let my offspring [06631] be rooted out [08327].
If mine heart [03820] have been deceived [06601] by a woman [0802], or if I have laid wait [0693] at my neighbour's [07453] door [06607];
Then let my wife [0802] grind [02912] unto another [0312], and let others [0312] bow down [03766] upon her.
For this is an heinous crime [02154]; yea, it is an iniquity [05771] to be punished by the judges [06414].
For it is a fire [0784] that consumeth [0398] to destruction [011], and would root out [08327] all mine increase [08393].
If I did despise [03988] the cause [04941] of my manservant [05650] or of my maidservant [0519], when they contended [07379] with me;
What then shall I do [06213] when God [0410] riseth up [06965]? and when he visiteth [06485], what shall I answer [07725] him?
Did not he that made [06213] me in the womb [0990] make [06213] him? and did not one [0259] fashion [03559] us in the womb [07358]?did not one…: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?
If I have withheld [04513] the poor [01800] from their desire [02656], or have caused the eyes [05869] of the widow [0490] to fail [03615];
Or have eaten [0398] my morsel [06595] myself alone, and the fatherless [03490] hath not eaten [0398] thereof;
(For from my youth [05271] he was brought up [01431] with me, as with a father [01], and I have guided [05148] her from my mother's [0517] womb [0990];)her: that is, the widow
If I have seen [07200] any perish [06] for want of clothing [03830], or any poor [034] without covering [03682];
If his loins [02504] have not blessed [01288] me, and if he were not warmed [02552] with the fleece [01488] of my sheep [03532];
If I have lifted up [05130] my hand [03027] against the fatherless [03490], when I saw [07200] my help [05833] in the gate [08179]:
Then let mine arm [03802] fall [05307] from my shoulder blade [07929], and mine arm [0248] be broken [07665] from the bone [07070].bone: or, chanelbone
For destruction [0343] from God [0410] was a terror [06343] to me, and by reason of his highness [07613] I could [03201] not endure.
If I have made [07760] gold [02091] my hope [03689], or have said [0559] to the fine gold [03800], Thou art my confidence [04009];
If I rejoiced [08055] because my wealth [02428] was great [07227], and because mine hand [03027] had gotten [04672] much [03524];gotten…: Heb. found much
If I beheld [07200] the sun [0216] when it shined [01984], or the moon [03394] walking [01980] in brightness [03368];sun: Heb. lightin…: Heb. bright
And my heart [03820] hath been secretly [05643] enticed [06601], or my mouth [06310] hath kissed [05401] my hand [03027]:my mouth…: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth
This also were an iniquity [05771] to be punished by the judge [06416]: for I should have denied [03584] the God [0410] that is above [04605].
If I rejoiced [08055] at the destruction [06365] of him that hated [08130] me, or lifted up [05782] myself when evil [07451] found [04672] him:
Neither have I suffered [05414] my mouth [02441] to sin [02398] by wishing [07592] a curse [0423] to his soul [05315].mouth: Heb. palate
If the men [04962] of my tabernacle [0168] said [0559] not, Oh that we had [05414] of his flesh [01320]! we cannot be satisfied [07646].
The stranger [01616] did not lodge [03885] in the street [02351]: but I opened [06605] my doors [01817] to the traveller [0734].traveller: or, way
If I covered [03680] my transgressions [06588] as Adam [0121], by hiding [02934] mine iniquity [05771] in my bosom [02243]:as Adam: or, after the manner of men
Did I fear [06206] a great [07227] multitude [01995], or did the contempt [0937] of families [04940] terrify [02865] me, that I kept silence [01826], and went not out [03318] of the door [06607]?
Oh that [05414] one would hear [08085] me! behold, my desire [08420] is, that the Almighty [07706] would answer [06030] me, and that mine adversary [07379] [0376] had written [03789] a book [05612].my…: or, my sign is that the Almighty will
Surely I would take [05375] it upon my shoulder [07926], and bind [06029] it as a crown [05850] to me.
I would declare [05046] unto him the number [04557] of my steps [06806]; as a prince [05057] would I go near [07126] unto him.
If my land [0127] cry [02199] against me, or that the furrows [08525] likewise [03162] thereof complain [01058];complain: Heb. weep
If I have eaten [0398] the fruits [03581] thereof without money [03701], or have caused the owners [01167] thereof to lose [05301] their life [05315]:fruits: Heb. strengththe owners…: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out
Let thistles [02336] grow [03318] instead of wheat [02406], and cockle [0890] instead of barley [08184]. The words [01697] of Job [0347] are ended [08552].cockle: or, noisome weeds