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1. I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.
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1. I made H3772 a covenant H1285 with mine eyes H5869 ; why H4100 then should I think H995 upon H5921 a maid H1330 ?
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2. Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?
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2. For what H4100 portion H2506 of God H433 is there from above H4480 H4605 ? and what inheritance H5159 of the Almighty H7706 from on high H4480 H4791 ?
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3. Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.
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3. Is not H3808 destruction H343 to the wicked H5767 ? and a strange H5235 punishment to the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 ?
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4. Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?
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4. Doth not H3808 he H1931 see H7200 my ways H1870 , and count H5608 all H3605 my steps H6806 ?
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5. But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:
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5. If H518 I have walked H1980 with H5973 vanity H7723 , or if my foot H7272 hath hasted H2363 to H5921 deceit H4820 ;
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6. (for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)
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6. Let me be weighed H8254 in an even H6664 balance H3976 , that God H433 may know H3045 mine integrity H8538 .
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7. if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;
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7. If H518 my step H838 hath turned H5186 out of H4480 the way H1870 , and mine heart H3820 walked H1980 after H310 mine eyes H5869 , and if any blot H3971 hath cleaved H1692 to mine hands H3709 ;
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8. then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.
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8. Then let me sow H2232 , and let another H312 eat H398 ; yea , let my offspring H6631 be rooted out H8327 .
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9. If my heart has gone forth after another man’s wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;
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9. If H518 mine heart H3820 have been deceived H6601 by H5921 a woman H802 , or if I have laid wait H693 at H5921 my neighbor H7453 's door H6607 ;
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10. then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.
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10. Then let my wife H802 grind H2912 unto another H312 , and let others H312 bow down H3766 upon H5921 her.
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11. For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, in the case of defiling another man’s wife.
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11. For H3588 this H1931 is a heinous crime H2154 ; yea, it H1931 is an iniquity H5771 to be punished by the judges H6414 .
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12. For it is a fire burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.
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12. For H3588 it H1931 is a fire H784 that consumeth H398 to H5704 destruction H11 , and would root out H8327 all H3605 mine increase H8393 .
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13. And if too I despised the judgement of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;
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13. If H518 I did despise H3988 the cause H4941 of my manservant H5650 or of my maidservant H519 , when they contended H7378 with H5978 me;
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14. what then shall I do if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?
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14. What H4100 then shall I do H6213 when H3588 God H410 riseth up H6965 ? and when H3588 he visiteth H6485 , what H4100 shall I answer H7725 him?
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15. Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yea, we were formed in the same womb.
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15. Did not H3808 he that made H6213 me in the womb H990 make H6213 him? and did not one H259 fashion H3559 us in the womb H7358 ?
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16. But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not Gr. wear out cause the eye of the widow to fail.
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16. If H518 I have withheld H4513 the poor H1800 from their desire H4480 H2656 , or have caused the eyes H5869 of the widow H490 to fail H3615 ;
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17. And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart of it to the orphan;
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17. Or have eaten H398 my morsel H6595 myself alone H905 , and the fatherless H3490 hath not H3808 eaten H398 thereof H4480 ;
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18. (for I nourished them as a father from my youth and guided them from my mother’s womb.)
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18. ( For H3588 from my youth H4480 H5271 he was brought up H1431 with me , as with a father H1 , and I have guided H5148 her from my mother H517 's womb H4480 H990 ;)
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19. And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;
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19. If H518 I have seen H7200 any perish H6 for want H4480 H1097 of clothing H3830 , or any poor H34 without H369 covering H3682 ;
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20. and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
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20. If H518 his loins H2504 have not H3808 blessed H1288 me , and if he were not warmed H2552 with the fleece H4480 H1488 of my sheep H3532 ;
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21. if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his:
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21. If H518 I have lifted up H5130 my hand H3027 against H5921 the fatherless H3490 , when H3588 I saw H7200 my help H5833 in the gate H8179 :
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22. let them my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
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22. Then let mine arm H3802 fall H5307 from my shoulder blade H4480 H7929 , and mine arm H248 be broken H7665 from the bone H4480 H7070 .
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23. For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his See Hebrew burden.
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23. For H3588 destruction H343 from God H410 was a terror H6343 to H413 me , and by reason of his highness H4480 H7613 I could H3201 not H3808 endure.
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24. If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;
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24. If H518 I have made H7760 gold H2091 my hope H3689 , or have said H559 to the fine gold H3800 , Thou art my confidence H4009 ;
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25. and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures :
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25. If H518 I rejoiced H8055 because H3588 my wealth H2428 was great H7227 , and because H3588 mine hand H3027 had gotten H4672 much H3524 ;
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26. (do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not power to continue:)
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26. If H518 I beheld H7200 the sun H216 when H3588 it shined H1984 , or the moon H3394 walking H1980 in brightness H3368 ;
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27. and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:
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27. And my heart H3820 hath been secretly H5643 enticed H6601 , or my mouth H6310 hath kissed H5401 my hand H3027 :
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28. let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I should have lied against the Lord Most High.
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28. This H1931 also H1571 were an iniquity H5771 to be punished by the judge H6416 : for H3588 I should have denied H3584 the God H410 that is above H4480 H4605 .
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29. And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!
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29. If H518 I rejoiced H8055 at the destruction H6365 of him that hated H8130 me , or lifted up myself H5782 when H3588 evil H7451 found H4672 him:
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30. let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.
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30. Neither H3808 have I suffered H5414 my mouth H2441 to sin H2398 by wishing H7592 a curse H423 to his soul H5315 .
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31. And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:
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31. If H518 the men H4962 of my tabernacle H168 said H559 not H3808 , Oh that H4310 we had H5414 of his flesh H4480 H1320 ! we cannot H3808 be satisfied H7646 .
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32. for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came:)
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32. The stranger H1616 did not H3808 lodge H3885 in the street H2351 : but I opened H6605 my doors H1817 to the traveler H734 .
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33. or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin;
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33. If H518 I covered H3680 my transgressions H6588 as Adam H121 , by hiding H2934 mine iniquity H5771 in my bosom H2243 :
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34. (for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them:) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:
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34. Did I fear H6206 a great H7227 multitude H1995 , or did the contempt H937 of families H4940 terrify H2865 me , that I kept silence H1826 , and went not out H3318 H3808 of the door H6607 ?
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35. Or, Oh that he, i. e., the Lord, were my hearer (Oh that I had a hearer,) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and as to the written charge which I had against any one,
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35. Oh that H4310 one would H5414 hear H8085 me! behold H2005 , my desire H8420 is, that the Almighty H7706 would answer H6030 me , and that mine adversary H376 H7379 had written H3789 a book H5612 .
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36. I would place it as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.
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36. Surely H518 I would take H5375 it upon H5921 my shoulder H7926 , and bind H6029 it as a crown H5850 to me.
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37. Very unlike the Hebrew And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor:
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37. I would declare H5046 unto him the number H4557 of my steps H6806 ; as H3644 a prince H5057 would I go near unto H7126 him.
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38. If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;
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38. If H518 my land H127 cry H2199 against H5921 me , or that the furrows H8525 likewise H3162 thereof complain H1058 ;
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39. and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if I too grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking aught from him:
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39. If H518 I have eaten H398 the fruits H3581 thereof without H1097 money H3701 , or have caused the owners H1167 thereof to lose H5301 their life H5315 :
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40. then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.
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40. Let thistles H2336 grow H3318 instead H8478 of wheat H2406 , and cockle H890 instead H8478 of barley H8184 . The words H1697 of Job H347 are ended H8552 .
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