1I made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with mine eyes;{H5869} How then should I look{H995} upon a virgin?{H1330}
2For what is the portion{H2506} from God{H433} above,{H4605} And the heritage{H5159} from the Almighty{H7706} on high?{H4791}
3Is it not calamity{H343} to the unrighteous,{H5767} And disaster{H5235} to the workers{H6466} of iniquity?{H205}
4Doth not he see{H7200} my ways,{H1870} And number{H5608} all my steps?{H6806}
5If I have walked{H1980} with falsehood,{H7723} And my foot{H7272} hath hasted{H2363} to deceit{H4820}
6(Let me be weighed{H8254} in an even{H6664} balance,{H3976} That God{H433} may know{H3045} mine integrity);{H8538}
7If my step{H838} hath turned out{H5186} of the way,{H1870} And my heart{H3820} walked{H1980} after{H310} mine eyes,{H5869} And if any spot{H3971} hath cleaved{H1692} to my hands:{H3709}
8Then let me sow,{H2232} and let another{H312} eat;{H398} Yea, let the produce{H6631} of my field be rooted out.{H8327}
9If my heart{H3820} hath been enticed{H6601} unto a woman,{H802} And I have laid wait{H693} at my neighbor's{H7453} door;{H6607}
10Then let my wife{H802} grind{H2912} unto another,{H312} And let others{H312} bow down{H3766} upon her.
11For that were a heinous crime;{H2154} Yea, it were an iniquity{H5771} to be punished by the judges:{H6414}
12For it is a fire{H784} that consumeth{H398} unto Destruction,{H11} And would root out{H8327} all mine increase.{H8393}
13If I have despised{H3988} the cause{H4941} of my man-servant{H5650} or of my maid-servant,{H519} When they contended{H7379} with me;
14What then shall I do{H6213} when God{H410} riseth up?{H6965} And when he visiteth,{H6485} what shall I answer{H7725} him?
15Did not he that made{H6213} me in the womb{H990} make{H6213} him? And did not one{H259} fashion{H3559} us in the womb?{H7358}
16If I have withheld{H4513} the poor{H1800} from [their] desire,{H2656} Or have caused the eyes{H5869} of the widow{H490} to fail,{H3615}
17Or have eaten{H398} my morsel{H6595} alone, And the fatherless{H3490} hath not eaten{H398} thereof
18(Nay, from my youth{H5271} he grew up{H1431} with me as with a father,{H1} And her have I guided{H5148} from my mother's{H517} womb);{H990}
19If I have seen{H7200} any perish{H6} for want of clothing,{H3830} Or that the needy{H34} had no covering;{H3682}
20If his loins{H2504} have not blessed{H1288} me, And if he hath not been warmed{H2552} with the fleece{H1488} of my sheep;{H3532}
21If I have lifted up{H5130} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless,{H3490} Because I saw{H7200} my help{H5833} in the gate:{H8179}
22Then let my shoulder fall{H5307} from the shoulder-blade,{H7929} And mine arm{H248} be broken{H7665} from the bone.{H7070}
23For calamity{H343} from God{H410} is a terror{H6343} to me, And by reason of his majesty{H7613} I can{H3201} do nothing.
24If I have made{H7760} gold{H2091} my hope,{H3689} And have said{H559} to the fine gold,{H3800} [Thou art] my confidence;{H4009}
25If I have rejoiced{H8055} because my wealth{H2428} was great,{H7227} And because my hand{H3027} had gotten{H4672} much;{H3524}
26If I have beheld{H7200} the sun{H216} when it shined,{H1984} Or the moon{H3394} walking{H1980} in brightness,{H3368}
27And my heart{H3820} hath been secretly{H5643} enticed,{H6601} And my mouth{H6310} hath kissed{H5401} my hand:{H3027}
28This also were an iniquity{H5771} to be punished by the judges;{H6416} For I should have denied{H3584} the God{H410} that is above.{H4605}
29If I have rejoiced{H8055} at the destruction{H6365} of him that hated{H8130} me, Or lifted up{H5782} myself when evil{H7451} found{H4672} him;
30(Yea, I have not suffered{H5414} my mouth{H2441} to sin{H2398} By asking{H7592} his life{H5315} with a curse);{H423}
31If the men{H4962} of my tent{H168} have not said,{H559} Who can find{H5414} one that hath not been filled{H7646} with his meat?{H1320}
32(The sojourner{H1616} hath not lodged{H3885} in the street;{H2351} But I have opened{H6605} my doors{H1817} to the traveller);{H734}
33If like Adam{H121} I have covered{H3680} my transgressions,{H6588} By hiding{H2934} mine iniquity{H5771} in my bosom,{H2243}
34Because I feared{H6206} the great{H7227} multitude,{H1995} And the contempt{H937} of families{H4940} terrified{H2865} me, So that I kept silence,{H1826} and went not out{H3318} of the door—{H6607}
35Oh that{H5414} I had one to hear{H8085} me! (Lo, here is my signature,{H8420} let the Almighty{H7706} answer{H6030} me); And [that I had] the indictment{H5612} which mine adversary{H376} hath written!{H3789}
36Surely I would carry{H5375} it upon my shoulder;{H7926} I would bind{H6029} it unto me as a crown:{H5850}
37I would declare{H5046} unto him the number{H4557} of my steps;{H6806} As a prince{H5057} would I go near{H7126} unto him.
38If my land{H127} crieth{H2199} out against me, And{H3162} the furrows{H8525} thereof weep{H1058} together;
39If I have eaten{H398} the fruits{H3581} thereof without money,{H3701} Or have caused the owners{H1167} thereof to lose{H5301} their life:{H5315}
40Let thistles{H2336} grow{H3318} instead of wheat,{H2406} And cockle{H890} instead of barley.{H8184} The words{H1697} of Job{H347} are ended.{H8552}