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Job 31:1
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I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
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Job 31:2
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For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
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Job 31:3
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Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
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Job 31:4
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Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?
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Job 31:5
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If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit
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Job 31:6
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(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);
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Job 31:7
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If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:
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Job 31:8
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Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
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Job 31:9
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If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
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Job 31:10
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Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.
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Job 31:11
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For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
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Job 31:12
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For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
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Job 31:13
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If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
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Job 31:14
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What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
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Job 31:15
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Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
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Job 31:16
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If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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Job 31:17
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Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
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Job 31:18
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(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);
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Job 31:19
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If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;
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Job 31:20
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If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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Job 31:21
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If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
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Job 31:22
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Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.
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Job 31:23
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For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
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Job 31:24
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If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
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Job 31:25
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If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
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Job 31:26
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If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,
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Job 31:27
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And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:
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Job 31:28
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This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
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Job 31:29
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If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
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Job 31:30
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(Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
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Job 31:31
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If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
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Job 31:32
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(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);
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Job 31:33
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If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
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Job 31:34
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Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-
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Job 31:35
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Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
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Job 31:36
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Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
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Job 31:37
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I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.
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Job 31:38
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If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;
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Job 31:39
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If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
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Job 31:40
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Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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