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# Job 31 (New King James Version)
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Job Defends His Righteousness
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##### Chapter 31
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###### 1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes;
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Why then should I look upon a young woman?
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###### 2 For what _is_ the allotment of God from above,
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And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
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###### 3 _Is_ it not destruction for the wicked,
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And disaster for the workers of iniquity?
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###### 4 Does He not see my ways,
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And count all my steps?
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###### 5 "If I have walked with falsehood,
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Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,
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###### 6 Let me be weighed on honest scales,
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That God may know my integrity.
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###### 7 If my step has turned from the way,
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Or my heart walked after my eyes,
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Or if any spot adheres to my hands,
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###### 8 _Then_ let me sow, and another eat;
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Yes, let my harvest be rooted out.
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###### 9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
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Or _if_ I have lurked at my neighbor's door,
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###### 10 _Then_ let my wife grind for another,
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And let others bow down over her.
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###### 11 For that _would be_ wickedness;
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Yes, it _would be_ iniquity _deserving of_ judgment.
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###### 12 For that _would be_ a fire _that_ consumes to destruction,
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And would root out all my increase.
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###### 13 "If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant
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When they complained against me,
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###### 14 What then shall I do when God rises up?
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When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?
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###### 15 Did not He who made me in the womb make them?
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Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
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###### 16 "If I have kept the poor from _their_ desire,
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Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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###### 17 Or eaten my morsel by myself,
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So that the fatherless could not eat of it
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###### 18 (But from my youth I reared him as a father,
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And from my mother's womb I guided _the widow_);
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###### 19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
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Or any poor _man_ without covering;
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###### 20 If his heart has not blessed me,
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And _if_ he was _not_ warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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###### 21 If I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
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When I saw I had help in the gate;
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###### 22 _Then_ let my arm fall from my shoulder,
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Let my arm be torn from the socket.
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###### 23 For destruction _from_ God _is_ a terror to me,
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And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.
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###### 24 "If I have made gold my hope,
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Or said to fine gold, '_You are_ my confidence';
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###### 25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth _was_ great,
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And because my hand had gained much;
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###### 26 If I have observed the sun when it shines,
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Or the moon moving _in_ brightness,
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###### 27 So that my heart has been secretly enticed,
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And my mouth has kissed my hand;
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###### 28 This also _would be_ an iniquity _deserving of_ judgment,
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For I would have denied God _who is_ above.
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###### 29 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
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Or lifted myself up when evil found him
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###### 30 (Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin
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By asking for a curse on his soul);
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###### 31 If the men of my tent have not said,
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'Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?'
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###### 32 (_But_ no sojourner had to lodge in the street,
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_For_ I have opened my doors to the traveler);
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###### 33 If I have covered my transgressions as Adam,
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By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
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###### 34 Because I feared the great multitude,
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And dreaded the contempt of families,
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So that I kept silence
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_And_ did not go out of the door--
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###### 35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
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Here is my mark.
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_Oh,_ _that_ the Almighty would answer me,
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_That_ my Prosecutor had written a book!
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###### 36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
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_And_ bind it on me _like_ a crown;
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###### 37 I would declare to Him the number of my steps;
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Like a prince I would approach Him.
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###### 38 "If my land cries out against me,
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And its furrows weep together;
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###### 39 If I have eaten its fruit without money,
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Or caused its owners to lose their lives;
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###### 40 _Then_ let thistles grow instead of wheat,
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And weeds instead of barley."
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The words of Job are ended.
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