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Job
Asserts His Integrity |
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| Job 31:1 |
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"I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then
could I gaze at a virgin? |
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| Job 31:2 |
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"And what is the portion of God from above Or
the heritage of the Almighty from on high? |
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| Job 31:3 |
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"Is it not calamity to the unjust And disaster
to those who work iniquity? |
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| Job 31:4 |
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"Does He not see my ways And number all my steps? |
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| Job 31:5 |
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"If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot
has hastened after deceit, |
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| Job 31:6 |
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Let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let
God know my integrity. |
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| Job 31:7 |
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"If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart
followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands, |
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| Job 31:8 |
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Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops
be uprooted. |
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| Job 31:9 |
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"If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or
I have lurked at my neighbor's doorway, |
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| Job 31:10 |
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May my wife grind for another, And let others
kneel down over her. |
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| Job 31:11 |
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"For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover,
it would be an iniquity punishable by judges. |
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| Job 31:12 |
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"For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon,
And would uproot all my increase. |
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| Job 31:13 |
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"If I have despised the claim of my male or
female slaves When they filed a complaint against me, |
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| Job 31:14 |
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What then could I do when God arises? And when
He calls me to account, what will I answer Him? |
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| Job 31:15 |
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"Did not He who made me in the womb make him,
And the same one fashion us in the womb? |
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| Job 31:16 |
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"If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, |
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| Job 31:17 |
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Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan
has not shared it |
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| Job 31:18 |
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(But from my youth he grew up with me as with
a father, And from infancy I guided her), |
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| Job 31:19 |
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If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
Or that the needy had no covering, |
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| Job 31:20 |
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If his loins have not thanked me, And if he
has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep, |
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| Job 31:21 |
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If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw I had support in the gate, |
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| Job 31:22 |
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Let my shoulder fall from the socket, And my
arm be broken off at the elbow. |
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| Job 31:23 |
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"For calamity from God is a terror to me, And
because of His majesty I can do nothing. |
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| Job 31:24 |
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"If I have put my confidence in gold, And called
fine gold my trust, |
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| Job 31:25 |
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If I have gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had secured so much; |
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| Job 31:26 |
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If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or
the moon going in splendor, |
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| Job 31:27 |
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And my heart became secretly enticed, And my
hand threw a kiss from my mouth, |
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| Job 31:28 |
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That too would have been an iniquity calling
for judgment, For I would have denied God above. |
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| Job 31:29 |
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"Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or exulted when evil befell him? |
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| Job 31:30 |
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"No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking
for his life in a curse. |
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| Job 31:31 |
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"Have the men of my tent not said, 'Who can
find one who has not been satisfied with his meat'? |
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| Job 31:32 |
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"The alien has not lodged outside, For I have
opened my doors to the traveler. |
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| Job 31:33 |
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"Have I covered my transgressions like Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom, |
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| Job 31:34 |
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Because I feared the great multitude, And the
contempt of families terrified me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors?
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| Job 31:35 |
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"Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here
is my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary
has written, |
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| Job 31:36 |
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Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, I would
bind it to myself like a crown. |
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| Job 31:37 |
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"I would declare to Him the number of my steps;
Like a prince I would approach Him. |
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| Job 31:38 |
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"If my land cries out against me, And its furrows
weep together; |
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| Job 31:39 |
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If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or
have caused its owners to lose their lives, |
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| Job 31:40 |
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Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed
instead of barley." The words of Job are ended. |
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