Job 31 (NET)

Job 31:1¹“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:2²What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:3³Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:4⁴Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:5⁵If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:6⁶let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:7⁷If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:8⁸then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:9⁹If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:10¹⁰then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:11¹¹For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:12¹²For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:13¹³“If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:14¹⁴then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:15¹⁵Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:16¹⁶If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:17¹⁷If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:18¹⁸but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:19¹⁹If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:20²⁰whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:21²¹if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:22²²then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:23²³For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:24²⁴“If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:25²⁵if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:26²⁶if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:27²⁷so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:28²⁸then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:29²⁹If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:30³⁰I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:31³¹if the members of my household have never said, ‘If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:32³²But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:33³³if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:34³⁴because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:35³⁵“If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature — let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:36³⁶Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:37³⁷I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would draw near to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:38³⁸“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:39³⁹if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 31:40⁴⁰then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, noxious weeds.” The words of Job are ended.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s