Job

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31:1 bbeI made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?
31:16 bbeIf I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
31:28 bbeThat would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.
31:10 bbeThen let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.
31:29 bbeIf I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;
31:8 bbeLet me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted.
31:19 bbeIf I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;
31:22 bbeMay my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
31:13 bbeIf I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
31:27 bbeA secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
31:30 bbe(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)
31:26 bbeIf, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,
31:2 bbeFor what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?
31:23 bbeFor the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.
31:20 bbeIf his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;
31:24 bbeIf I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
31:18 bbe(For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)
31:12 bbeIt would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.
31:17 bbeIf I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;
31:4 bbeDoes he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?
31:11 bbeFor that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:
31:7 bbeIf my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;
31:5 bbeIf I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;
31:6 bbe(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)
31:14 bbeWhat then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
31:15 bbeDid not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?
31:31 bbeIf the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?
31:25 bbeIf I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
31:9 bbeIf my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;
31:21 bbeIf my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
31:3 bbeIs it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?
31:34 bbeFor fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;
31:35 bbeIf only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!
31:39 bbeIf I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;
31:40 bbeThen in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.
31:36 bbeTruly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;
31:32 bbeThe traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;
31:38 bbeIf my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;
31:33 bbeIf I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,
31:37 bbeI would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.