Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
I
made
a covenant with
mine eyes ;
why
then
should
I think
upon
a maid
?
A covenant I
made
for
mine eyes ,
And
what
--
do
I attend
to
a virgin
?
For
what portion of God is
there
from above? and what
inheritance of the Almighty
from on
high
?
And
what `is'
the
portion of God from above? And the
inheritance of the Mighty
from the
heights
?
Is not destruction
to the wicked
? and a
strange
punishment
to the
workers of iniquity?
Is not calamity
to the perverse
? And strangeness
to workers of iniquity?
Doth not he see my ways, and count
all my steps?
Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number
?
If I have walked with vanity, or
if
my foot hath
hasted
to deceit ;
If I have walked with vanity, And
my foot doth
hasten
to deceit ,
Let
me be
weighed
in an
even
balance
that
God may
know mine
integrity.
He
doth
weigh
me in righteous
balances,
And
God doth
know my
integrity.
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 ;
If my step doth
turn
aside
from
the way, And after mine eyes hath
my
heart
gone
, And to my
hands cleaved
hath
blemish,
Then
let me sow ,
and let
another eat ;
yea
, let
my offspring
be rooted out.
Let me sow --
and another eat, And
my products
let
be rooted out.
If mine
heart have
been deceived
by a
woman, or
if
I have
laid wait at
my
neighbour's
door;
If my
heart hath
been enticed
by woman, And
by
the
opening
of
my
neighbour
I laid wait ,
Then
let my wife grind
unto
another
, and let others bow
down
upon
her
.
Grind
to
another
let my wife, And over
her
let others bend
.
For this
is
an
heinous
crime;
yea,
it is an
iniquity to
be
punished
by
the
judges.
For it `
is '
a
wicked
thing,
and
a
judicial
iniquity ;
For it
is
a fire that
consumeth
to destruction, and would
root
out
all mine increase .
For a fire it
`is',
to destruction it
consumeth
, And among
all mine increase doth
take
root,
If I did
despise the cause of my manservant
or
of my maidservant
, when
they
contended
with me ;
If I despise the cause of my man-servant,
And
of my handmaid
, In
their
contending
with me ,
What
then shall
I do when God riseth
up
? and when he visiteth
, what shall
I answer him?
Then what
do
I do when God ariseth
? And when He doth
inspect
, What do
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? Yea,
prepare
us in the womb doth
One.
If I have
withheld
the poor from
their
desire
, or
have
caused
the eyes of the widow to
fail;
If I withhold
from
pleasure
the poor, And
the eyes of the widow do
consume,
Or
have
eaten
my morsel myself alone
, and the fatherless
hath not eaten
thereof;
And
I
do
eat
my morsel by
myself, And the orphan
hath not eat
of
it,
( For
from my youth he was
brought
up with me ,
as with a father, and I
have
guided
her
from my mother's
womb;
)
( But
from my youth He grew
up with me as `
with '
a father, And from the
belly
of
my mother
I
am
led.
)
If I have
seen
any perish
for
want
of
clothing, or
any
poor
without
covering ;
If I see
`
any '
perishing
without
clothing, And
there
is
no
covering to
the
needy,
If his loins have not blessed me, and if
he
were
not
warmed
with
the fleece of my sheep ;
If his loins have not blessed me, And from
the fleece of my sheep He
doth
not
warm
himself,
If I have lifted
up
my
hand
against
the fatherless, when I saw
my
help
in the gate :
If I have waved
at
the fatherless my
hand
, When I see
in `him'
the gate of
my
court,
Then
let
mine
arm
fall
from
my shoulder blade, and mine arm be
broken
from the bone.
My shoulder from
its
blade let
fall
, And mine arm from the bone be
broken
.
For destruction
from
God
was
a terror
to
me, and by
reason
of his highness
I could
not endure
.
For a dread
unto
me `is'
calamity
`from'
God
, And because
of His excellency
I am
not able
.
If I have made gold my hope
, or
have
said
to the fine
gold, Thou
art
my confidence;
If I have made gold my confidence
, And
to the pure
gold have
said
, `
My trust,'
If I rejoice because my wealth was
great
, and because mine
hand had
gotten
much;
If I rejoice because great
`is'
my wealth, And because abundance
hath
my
hand found,
If I beheld
the sun
when it shined
, or
the moon walking in
brightness;
If I see
the light
when it shineth
, And
the precious
moon walking ,
And my heart hath
been
secretly
enticed, or
my
mouth
hath
kissed
my hand :
And my heart is
enticed in
secret
, And
my hand doth
kiss
my
mouth,
This
also were
an
iniquity to
be
punished
by
the
judge:
for I should
have
denied
the
God that
is
above.
It
also `is'
a
judicial
iniquity ,
For I had
lied
to
God above.
If I rejoice at the destruction
of him
that
hated
me
, or
lifted
up myself when evil found him :
If I rejoice at the ruin
of my
hater
, And
stirred
up myself when evil found him ,
Neither
have
I suffered my mouth to sin by
wishing
a
curse
to his soul
.
Yea,
I have
not
suffered my mouth to sin ,
To ask
with
an
oath
his life
.
If the
men of my tabernacle
said
not
, Oh
that we had of his flesh !
we cannot
be
satisfied.
If not
--
say
ye,
O
men of my tent
, `O
that we had of his flesh ,
we are
not
satisfied. '
The
stranger
did
not
lodge
in the street :
but
I
opened
my doors to the traveller.
In the street doth
not
lodge
a
stranger,
My doors to the traveller I
open
.
If I covered my
transgressions
as Adam, by
hiding
mine
iniquity
in my bosom :
If I have
covered as Adam my
transgressions
, To
hide
in my bosom mine
iniquity,
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?
Because
I fear a great multitude, And
the contempt of families doth
affright
me, Then
I am
silent
, I
go
not out of the opening.
Oh
that
one
would
hear
me !
behold
, my desire
is,
that
the Almighty
would
answer me, and that
mine adversary had
written a
book
.
Who
giveth
to
me a
hearing?
lo
, my mark.
The Mighty
One
doth
answer me, And a
bill
hath
mine adversary written.
Surely
I would
take it upon
my
shoulder
, and
bind it as
a crown to
me
.
If
not
--
on
my
shoulder
I take it up
, I
bind it a crown on
myself
.
I
would
declare
unto
him
the number of my steps ;
as a prince
would
I go
near
unto
him.
The number of my steps I
tell
Him,
As a leader
I approach
Him.
If my land cry against
me
, or
that
the
furrows likewise
thereof
complain;
If against
me
my land doth
cry out
, And
together
its
furrows weep,
If I have
eaten
the
fruits
thereof
without money, or
have caused the
owners
thereof
to lose
their
life:
If its
strength
I consumed
without money, And
the
life
of
its
possessors,
I
have caused to breathe
out,
Let
thistles
grow
instead of wheat, and cockle
instead of barley .
The words of Job are ended
.
Instead of wheat let
a
thorn
go
forth
, And instead of barley a
useless
weed!
The words of Job are finished
.
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