JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 31Webster - 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 my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 2For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity? 4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity. 7If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to my hands; 8[Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out. 9If my heart hath been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbor's door; 10[Then] let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her. 11For this [is] a hainous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges. 12For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase. 13If I 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 from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it; 18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without 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, when I saw my help in the gate: 22[Then] let my arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone. 23For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. 24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence; 25If I have rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because my hand had gained much; 26If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness; 27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above. 29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or have lifted up myself when evil found him: 30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. 31If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. 32The stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened my doors to the traveler. 33If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom: 34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door? 35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is], [that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] my adversary had written a book. 36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me. 37I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him. 38If my land crieth against me, or its furrows likewise complain; 39If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners 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