Job 31

1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

בְּרִית כָּרַתִּי לְעֵינָי וּמָה אֶתְבֹּונֵן עַל־בְּתוּלָה׃ (2515)

2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

וּמֶה ׀ חֵלֶק אֱלֹוהַּ מִמָּעַל וְנַחֲלַת דַּי מִמְּרֹמִים׃ (1289)

See also: Job 20:29, Job 27:13, Job 35:3, Hebrews 13:4

3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

הֲלֹא־אֵיד לְעַוָּל וְנֵכֶר לְפֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן׃ (740)

4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

הֲלֹא־הוּא יִרְאֶה דְרָכָי וְכָל־צְעָדַי יִסְפֹּור׃ (1084)

See also: Proverbs 15:3, Psalms 139:3, Job 34:21, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Proverbs 5:21, Job 14:16, Psalms 44:21, Jeremiah 32:19, Jeremiah 16:17, Psalms 139:1-3, Genesis 16:13, Daniel 5:23, Hebrews 4:13, Job 33:11, Psalms 26:2, John 1:48, 1 Samuel 20:12, Psalms 56:6, John 21:17

5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

אִם־הָלַכְתִּי עִם־שָׁוְא וַתַּחַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָה רַגְלִי׃ (2265)

See also: Psalms 1:1, Psalms 44:20-21, Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 19:2, Joshua 22:22, Psalms 4:2, Psalms 7:3-5, Psalms 7:5, Psalms 12:2, Jeremiah 2:5, Ezekiel 13:8, Micah 2:11, Luke 7:2

6Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

יִשְׁקְלֵנִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶדֶק וְיֵדַע אֱלֹוהַּ תֻּמָּתִי׃ (1786)

See also: Psalms 139:23, Daniel 5:27, Psalms 7:8-9, 1 Samuel 2:3, Isaiah 26:7, Matthew 7:23, Joshua 22:22, Job 6:2, Job 27:5-6, Psalms 1:6, Psalms 17:2-3, Proverbs 16:11, Micah 6:11, 2 Timothy 2:19, Job 10:7, Psalms 26:1

7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

אִם תִּטֶּה אַשֻּׁרִי מִנִּי הַדָּרֶךְ וְאַחַר עֵינַי הָלַךְ לִבִּי וּבְכַפַּי דָּבַק מֻאוּם ׃ (2058)

See also: Ecclesiastes 11:9, Numbers 15:39, Ephesians 2:2, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Matthew 5:29, Job 23:11, Psalms 44:20-21, Psalms 101:3, Isaiah 33:15, Jeremiah 22:17, Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 14:3, Ezekiel 14:7, Job 9:30, 2 Peter 2:14

8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

אֶזְרְעָה וְאַחֵר יֹאכֵל וְצֶאֱצָאַי יְשֹׁרָשׁוּ׃ (1573)

See also: Leviticus 26:16, Micah 6:15, Deuteronomy 28:38, John 4:37, Deuteronomy 28:30-33, Deuteronomy 28:51, Judges 6:3-6, Job 5:4-5, Job 15:30, Job 18:19, Job 20:18, Job 24:6, Psalms 109:13

9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;

אִם־נִפְתָּה לִבִּי עַל־אִשָּׁה וְעַל־פֶּתַח רֵעִי אָרָבְתִּי׃ (2511)

10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

תִּטְחַן לְאַחֵר אִשְׁתִּי וְעָלֶיהָ יִכְרְעוּן אֲחֵרִין׃ (2163)

See also: Jeremiah 8:10, Deuteronomy 28:30, 2 Samuel 12:11, Isaiah 47:2, Exodus 11:5, Job 31:22, Lamentations 5:13, Hosea 4:13-14, Matthew 24:41

11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

כִּי־ [הוּא כ] (הִיא ק) זִמָּה [וְהִיא כ] (וְהוּא ק) עָוֹן פְּלִילִים׃ (716)

See also: Leviticus 20:10, Job 31:28, Deuteronomy 22:22-24, Genesis 38:24, Genesis 20:9, Exodus 20:14, Proverbs 6:29-33, Isaiah 9:18, Ezekiel 16:38, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 39:9

12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

כִּי אֵשׁ הִיא עַד־אֲבַדֹּון תֹּאכֵל וּבְכָל־תְּבוּאָתִי תְשָׁרֵשׁ׃ (3012)

See also: Proverbs 6:27, Jeremiah 5:7-9, Job 15:30, Job 20:28, Job 26:6, Proverbs 3:33, Malachi 3:5, Hebrews 13:4

13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

אִם־אֶמְאַס מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדִּי וַאֲמָתִי בְּרִבָם עִמָּדִי׃ (1483)

14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

וּמָה אֶעֱשֶׂה כִּי־יָקוּם אֵל וְכִי־יִפְקֹד מָה אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ׃ (1288)

See also: James 2:13, Isaiah 10:3, Psalms 44:21, Psalms 9:12, Psalms 9:19, Psalms 10:12-15, Zechariah 2:13, Romans 3:19, Job 9:32, Job 10:2, Job 10:7, Psalms 7:6, Psalms 76:9, Psalms 143:2, Hosea 9:7, Micah 7:4, Mark 7:2

15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

הֲ‍לֹא־בַבֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂנִי עָשָׂהוּ וַיְכֻנֶנּוּ בָּרֶחֶם אֶחָד׃ (1315)

See also: Psalms 139:13, James 1:27, Psalms 119:73, Proverbs 22:2, Proverbs 14:31, Job 34:19, Malachi 2:10, Job 10:8-12, 2 Chronicles 28:15, Isaiah 44:24, Nehemiah 5:5, Job 10:3, Psalms 139:14-16, Isaiah 58:7

16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

אִם־אֶמְנַע מֵחֵפֶץ דַּלִּים וְעֵינֵי אַלְמָנָה אֲכַלֶּה׃ (832)

17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

וְאֹכַל פִּתִּי לְבַדִּי וְלֹא־אָכַל יָתֹום מִמֶּנָּה׃ (1272)

See also: Job 22:7, Deuteronomy 15:11, Deuteronomy 15:14, 1 Samuel 25:11, Nehemiah 8:10, Job 6:27, Job 29:12-16, Job 31:32, Ezekiel 18:7, Ezekiel 18:16, Luke 11:41, John 13:29, Acts 4:32, Romans 12:13, James 1:27, 1 John 3:17

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;)

כִּי מִנְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַנִי כְאָב וּמִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אַנְחֶנָּה׃ (798)

See also: Isaiah 58:7, Job 29:16, 2 Kings 14:9

19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

אִם־אֶרְאֶה אֹובֵד מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָאֶבְיֹון׃ (1333)

See also: Job 22:6, Matthew 25:36, Hebrews 13:2, Job 29:13, Job 34:28, 1 John 3:18, 2 Chronicles 28:15, Job 24:4, Job 24:7, Isaiah 58:7, Ezekiel 18:16, Matthew 25:43, Luke 3:11, Acts 9:39, James 2:16

20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

אִם־לֹא בֵרֲכוּנִי [חֲלָצֹו כ] (חֲלָצָיו ק) וּמִגֵּז כְּבָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּם׃ (1644)

See also: Deuteronomy 24:13, Job 29:11, 2 Samuel 14:22, Nehemiah 11:2, Proverbs 27:26

21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

אִם־הֲנִיפֹותִי עַל־יָתֹום יָדִי כִּי־אֶרְאֶה בַשַּׁעַר עֶזְרָתִי׃ (2678)

22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

כְּתֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָה תִפֹּול וְאֶזְרֹעִי מִקָּנָה תִשָּׁבֵר׃ (2822)

See also: Joshua 22:22-23, Job 31:10, Job 31:40, Job 38:15, Psalms 7:4-5, Psalms 137:6

23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

כִּי פַחַד אֵלַי אֵיד אֵל וּמִשְּׂאֵתֹו לֹא אוּכָל׃ (1050)

24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

אִם־שַׂמְתִּי זָהָב כִּסְלִי וְלַכֶּתֶם אָמַרְתִּי מִבְטַחִי׃ (2141)

25If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

אִם־אֶשְׂמַח כִּי־רַב חֵילִי וְכִי־כַבִּיר מָצְאָה יָדִי׃ (1108)

26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

אִם־אֶרְאֶה אֹור כִּי יָהֵל וְיָרֵחַ יָקָר הֹלֵךְ׃ (1119)

27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

וַיִּפְתְּ בַּסֵּתֶר לִבִּי וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִי׃ (2150)

See also: James 1:14, Deuteronomy 11:16, Deuteronomy 13:6, 1 Kings 19:18, 2 Kings 17:9, Psalms 2:12, Isaiah 44:20, Hosea 13:2, Romans 1:21, Romans 1:28, Genesis 41:40

28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

גַּם־הוּא עָוֹן פְּלִילִי כִּי־כִחַשְׁתִּי לָאֵל מִמָּעַל׃ (1350)

See also: Deuteronomy 17:2-7, Job 31:11, Psalms 50:6, Genesis 18:25, Deuteronomy 17:9, Joshua 24:23, Joshua 24:27, Judges 11:27, 2 Samuel 3:32, Job 9:15, Job 23:7, Proverbs 30:9, Titus 1:16, Hebrews 12:23, 2 Peter 2:1, 1 John 2:23, Jude 1:4

29If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

אִם־אֶשְׂמַח בְּפִיד מְשַׂנְאִי וְהִתְעֹרַרְתִּי כִּי־מְצָאֹו רָע׃ (2615)

30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

וְלֹא־נָתַתִּי לַחֲטֹא חִכִּי לִשְׁאֹל בְּאָלָה נַפְשֹׁו׃ (1818)

See also: Romans 12:14, 1 Peter 3:9, Exodus 23:4-5, 2 Samuel 16:9, Job 33:2, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:43-44, James 3:9-10, 1 Peter 2:22-23, Job 34:3, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Ecclesiastes 5:6, Matthew 12:36, James 3:6

31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

אִם־לֹא אָמְרוּ מְתֵי אָהֳלִי מִי־יִתֵּן מִבְּשָׂרֹו לֹא נִשְׂבָּע׃ (2326)

32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

בַּחוּץ לֹא־יָלִין גֵּר דְּלָתַי לָאֹרַח אֶפְתָּח׃ (1612)

See also: Matthew 25:35, Hebrews 13:2, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:2-3, Judges 19:20-21, Matthew 10:11, Exodus 2:20, Isaiah 58:7, Romans 12:13, 1 Peter 4:9, Judges 19:15, Job 31:17-18, Matthew 25:40, Matthew 25:44-45, 1 Timothy 5:10

33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

אִם־כִּסִּיתִי כְאָדָם פְּשָׁעָי לִטְמֹון בְּחֻבִּי עֲוֹנִי׃ (1359)

See also: Proverbs 28:13, Acts 5:8, Genesis 3:12, Psalms 32:5, Hosea 6:7, 1 John 1:8-10, Genesis 3:8, Joshua 7:11, Genesis 3:7-8, 1 Samuel 15:15, 2 Kings 20:15, Job 7:20, Psalms 17:4, Psalms 38:18, Isaiah 39:4

34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

כִּי אֶעֱרֹוץ ׀ הָמֹון רַבָּה וּבוּז־מִשְׁפָּחֹות יְחִתֵּנִי וָאֶדֹּם לֹא־אֵצֵא פָתַח׃ (2700)

35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

מִי יִתֶּן־לִי ׀ שֹׁמֵעַ לִי הֶן־תָּוִי שַׁדַּי יַעֲנֵנִי וְסֵפֶר כָּתַב אִישׁ רִיבִי׃ (3276)

See also: Habakkuk 2:1, Job 9:19, Job 13:21-22, Job 16:21, Job 40:4-5, Job 13:3, Job 13:24, Job 17:3, Job 19:7, Job 19:23-24, Job 23:3-7, Job 33:6, Job 35:14, Job 38:1-3, Numbers 5:23, 1 Samuel 12:5, Job 9:3, Job 10:7, Job 11:5, Job 19:11

36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

אִם־לֹא עַלשִׁ־כְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶנּוּ אֶעֶנְדֶנּוּ עֲטָרֹות לִי׃ (1806)

See also: Isaiah 22:22, Exodus 28:12, Job 29:14, Isaiah 62:3, Philippians 4:1

37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

מִסְפַּר צְעָדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ כְּמֹו־נָגִיד אֲקָרֲבֶנּוּ׃ (1120)

See also: Habakkuk 2:1, Job 13:15, Job 40:4, Ephesians 3:12, Hebrews 4:15-16, Genesis 32:28, Job 1:3, Job 9:3, Job 14:16, Job 21:28, Job 29:25, Job 42:3-6, Psalms 19:12, 1 John 3:19-21

38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

אִם־עָלַי אַדְמָתִי תִזְעָק וְיַחַד תְּלָמֶיהָ יִבְכָּיוּן׃ (1794)

See also: Genesis 4:10, Habakkuk 2:11, Genesis 4:11, Deuteronomy 24:15, Isaiah 5:7, Genesis 44:9, Exodus 22:23, Joshua 22:22, Nehemiah 5:1, Job 20:19, Job 20:27, Psalms 7:5, Psalms 65:13, Acts 25:11, James 5:4, Job 18:15, Micah 2:2

39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

אִם־כֹּחָהּ אָכַלְתִּי בְלִי־כָסֶף וְנֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלֶיהָ הִפָּחְתִּי׃ (1793)

See also: 1 Kings 21:19, James 5:4, Numbers 5:22, Genesis 4:12, Leviticus 19:13, 1 Kings 21:13-16, Proverbs 1:19, Isaiah 26:21, Ezekiel 22:6, Ezekiel 22:12-13

40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

תַּחַת חִטָּה ׀ יֵצֵא חֹוחַ וְתַחַת־שְׂעֹרָה בָאְשָׁה תַּמּוּ דִּבְרֵי אִיֹּוב׃ (3331)

See also: Psalms 72:20, Jeremiah 51:64, Genesis 3:18, Proverbs 24:31, Genesis 3:17-18, Leviticus 26:20, Job 31:22, Isaiah 7:23, Zephaniah 2:9, Malachi 1:3, Hebrews 6:8