Job 31:1–32:22
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Job 31:1–32:22 · Psalm 97 (MT: 98) · Proverbs 23:17–18 · 1 Corinthians 2:1–16
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1I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.
1“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
2Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance [given] of the Mighty One from the highest?
2For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
3Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.
3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
4Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?
4Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:
5“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
6(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)
6(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
7if 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;
7if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
8then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.
8then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9If my heart has gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;
9“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
10then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.
10then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.
11For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, [in the case] of defiling [another] man's wife.
11For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
12For it is a fire burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.
12for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
13And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or [my] handmaid, when they pleaded with me;
13“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,
14what then shall I do if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer ?
14what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?
15Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb ? yea, we were formed in the same womb.
15Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
16But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.
16“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart [of it] to the orphan;
17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18(for I nourished [them] as a father from my youth , and guided [them] from my mother's womb.)
18(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);
19And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;
19if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
20and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were [not] warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
20if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
21if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior [to his]:
21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
22let then my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
22then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
23For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.
23For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.
24If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;
24“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
25and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable [treasures]:
25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
26(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not [power to continue]:)
26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,
27and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:
27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;
28let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I [should] have lied against the Lord Most High.
28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.
29And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!
29“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him
30let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a by-word among my people in my affliction.
30(I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
31And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:
31if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
32for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came:)
32(the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
33or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin;
33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
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:
34because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—
35(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,
35oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!
36I would place [it] as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it .
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.
37And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor:
37I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.
38If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;
38If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
39and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if too I grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking [aught] from [him]:
39if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
40then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.
40let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
1And his three friends also ceased any longer to answer Job: for Job was righteous before them.
1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
2Then Elius the son of Barachiel, the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, of the country of Ausis, was angered: and he was very angry with Job, because he justified himself before the Lord.
2Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.
3And he was also very angry with [his] three friends, because they were not able to return answers to Job, yet set him down for an ungodly man.
3Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
4But Elius had forborne to give an answer to Job, because they were older than he.
4Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.
5And Elius saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men; and he was angered in his wrath .
5When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.
6And Elius the Buzite the son of Barachiel answered and said, I am younger in age, and ye are elder; wherefore I kept silence, fearing to declare to you my own knowledge.
6Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old. Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion.
7And I said, It is not time that speaks, though in many years [men] know wisdom:
7I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
8but there is a spirit in mortals; and the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches.
8But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.
9The long-lived are not wise [as such]; neither do the aged know judgment.
9It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
10Wherefore I said, Hear me, and I will tell you what I know.
10Therefore I said, ‘Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.’
11Hearken to my words; for I will speak in your hearing, until ye shall have tried [the matter] with words:
11“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
12and I shall understand as far as you; and, behold, there was no one of you that answered Jobhis words in argument,
12Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.
13lest ye should say, We have found that we have added wisdom to the Lord.
13Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’
14And ye have commissioned a man to speak such words .
14for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.
15They were afraid, they answered no longer; they gave up their speaking.
15“They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say.
16I waited, (for I had not spoken,) because they stood still, they answered not.
16Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
17And Elius continued, and said, I will again speak,
17I also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion.
18for I am full of words, for the spirit of my belly destroys me .
18For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me.
19And my belly is as a skin of sweet wine bound up [and] ready to burst; or as a brazier's labouring bellows.
19Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
20I will speak, that I may open my lips and relieve myself.
20I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.
21For truly I will not be awed because of man, nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal.
21Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
22For I know not how to respect persons: and if otherwise, even the moths would eat me .
22For I don’t know how to give flattering titles, or else my Maker would soon take me away.