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ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
I made a covenant with mine eyes; How
then should I look
upon a virgin
?
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why
then should I think
upon a maid
?
For what is
the
portion from
God above ,
And the
heritage
from
the Almighty on high?
For what portion of
God is
there
from
above ?
and what
inheritance
of
the Almighty from
on high?
Is it
not calamity
to the unrighteous,
And disaster
to the workers of iniquity?
Is not destruction
to the wicked?
and a
strange
punishment
to the workers of iniquity?
Doth not he see my ways, And number
all my steps?
Doth not he see my ways, and count
all my steps?
If I have walked with falsehood
, And
my foot hath hasted to deceit;
If I have walked with vanity
, or
if
my foot hath hasted to deceit;
(
Let me be weighed in an even balance ,
That God may know mine integrity );
Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity .
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 :
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine
heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot
hath cleaved to mine
hands ;
Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the
produce
of
my field
be rooted out.
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring
be rooted out.
If my
heart hath
been enticed
unto
a woman, And
I have laid wait at my neighbor's
door;
If mine
heart have
been deceived
by
a woman, or
if
I have laid wait at my neighbour's
door;
Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
For that
were
a
heinous crime; Yea, it were
an iniquity to be punished by the judges :
For this
is
an
heinous crime; yea, it is
an iniquity to be punished by the judges .
For it is a fire that consumeth unto
Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
For it is a fire that consumeth to
destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
If I have
despised
the cause of my man-servant
or of my maid-servant
, When they contended with me;
If I did
despise
the cause of my manservant
or of my maidservant
, when they contended with me;
What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
If I have withheld the poor from `
their '
desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail ,
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail ;
Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Or have eaten my morsel myself
alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
( Nay,
from my youth he grew
up with me as with a father, And her
have
I guided from my mother's womb )
;
( For
from my youth he was
brought
up with me ,
as with a father, and I have
guided her
from my mother's womb; )
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that
the
needy
had
no
covering;
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any
poor
without
covering;
If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath
not been
warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were
not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because
I saw my help in the gate:
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when
I saw my help in the gate:
Then let my
shoulder
fall from the
shoulder -
blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.
Then let mine
arm
fall from my
shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
For calamity
from God is
a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty
I can
do
nothing
.
For destruction
from God was
a terror to me, and by reason of his highness
I could
not
endure
.
If I have made gold my hope, And
have said to the fine gold, `
Thou art '
my confidence;
If I have made gold my hope, or
have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
If I have
rejoiced
because my wealth was great, And because my
hand had gotten much;
If I rejoice
because my wealth was great, and because mine
hand had gotten much;
If I have
beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ,
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ;
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And
my mouth hath kissed my hand:
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or
my mouth hath kissed my hand:
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
For I should have denied the God that is above.
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge:
for I should have denied the God that is above.
If I have
rejoiced
at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him ;
If I rejoice
at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him :
(Yea,
I
have not
suffered by
mouth to sin By asking
his
life
with
a curse );
Neither
have I
suffered my
mouth to sin by wishing
a curse to
his
soul.
If the men of my tent
have
not
said, Who
can
find
one
that hath
not
been
filled
with
his meat?
If the men of my tabernacle
said not
, Oh
that we
had
of
his flesh!
we
cannot
be
satisfied.
(
The sojourner
hath
not lodged
in the street ;
But I have
opened my doors to the traveller );
The stranger
did
not lodge
in the street :
but I opened my doors to the traveller .
If like
Adam
I have
covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom ,
If I covered my transgressions as
Adam
, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom :
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 -
Did
I fear
a
great multitude, or
did
the contempt of families terrify
me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door ?
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 !
Oh that one would
hear me! behold
, my desire
is
, that
the Almighty would
answer me ,
and that mine adversary had
written a
book.
Surely I would carry
it upon my shoulder ;
I
would
bind it unto
me
as a crown :
Surely I would take
it upon my shoulder ,
and
bind it as a crown to
me.
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
If my land crieth
out
against me, And
the furrows thereof weep
together
;
If my land cry
against me, or
that
the furrows likewise
thereof complain
;
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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