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