1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? Many Bible Versions
2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? Many Bible Versions
3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? Many Bible Versions
4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? Many Bible Versions
5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; Many Bible Versions
6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. Many Bible Versions
7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; Many Bible Versions
8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. Many Bible Versions
9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door; Many Bible Versions
10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. Many Bible Versions
11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. Many Bible Versions
12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. Many Bible Versions
13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; Many Bible Versions
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Many Bible Versions
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? Many Bible Versions
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Many Bible Versions
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; Many Bible Versions
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;) Many Bible Versions
19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; Many Bible Versions
20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; Many Bible Versions
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: Many Bible Versions
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. Many Bible Versions
23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. Many Bible Versions
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; Many Bible Versions
25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; Many Bible Versions
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; Many Bible Versions
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: Many Bible Versions
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. Many Bible Versions
29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: Many Bible Versions
30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. Many Bible Versions
31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. Many Bible Versions
32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. Many Bible Versions
33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: Many Bible Versions
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? Many Bible Versions
35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. Many Bible Versions
36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. Many Bible Versions
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. Many Bible Versions
38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; Many Bible Versions
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: Many Bible Versions
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Many Bible Versions