JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 31ASV - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 31ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin? 2For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high? 3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity? 4Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps? 5If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit 6(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity); 7If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands: 8Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out. 9If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door; 10Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her. 11For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: 12For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase. 13If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me; 14What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? 16If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof 18(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb); 19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering; 20If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate: 22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone. 23For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing. 24If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou artmy confidence; 25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much; 26If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness, 27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above. 29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him 30(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse); 31If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat? 32(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller); 33If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom, 34Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door— 35Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written! 36Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown: 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him. 38If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together; 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: 40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. ‹Previous chapterJob 30Next chapterJob 32›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 31 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain