# Job 31

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] “I have made a covenant with my eyes.
How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin? [2] For what is the allotment of God from above,
or the heritage from the Almighty on high? [3] Does not disaster come to the unjust
and calamity to the workers of iniquity? [4] Does He not see my ways
and count my every step? [5] If I have walked in falsehood
or my foot has rushed to deceit, [6] let God weigh me with honest scales,
that He may know my integrity. [7] If my steps have turned from the path,
if my heart has followed my eyes,
or if impurity has stuck to my hands, [8] then may another eat what I have sown,
and may my crops be uprooted. [9] If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife,
or I have lurked at his door, [10] then may my own wife grind grain for another,
and may other men sleep with her. [11] For that would be a heinous crime,
an iniquity to be judged. [12] For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon;
it would root out my entire harvest. [13] If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant
when they made a complaint against me, [14] what will I do when God rises to judge?
How will I answer when called to account? [15] Did not He who made me in the womb also make them?
Did not the same One form us in the womb? [16] If I have denied the desires of the poor
or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail, [17] if I have eaten my morsel alone,
not sharing it with the fatherless— [18] though from my youth I reared him as would a father,
and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow— [19] if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing,
or a needy man without a cloak, [20] if his heart has not blessed me
for warming him with the fleece of my sheep, [21] if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless
because I saw that I had support in the gate, [22] then may my arm fall from my shoulder
and be torn from its socket. [23] For calamity from God terrifies me,
and His splendor I cannot overpower. [24] If I have put my trust in gold
or called pure gold my security, [25] if I have rejoiced in my great wealth
because my hand had gained so much, [26] if I have beheld the sun in its radiance
or the moon moving in splendor, [27] so that my heart was secretly enticed
and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, [28] this would also be an iniquity to be judged,
for I would have denied God on high. [29] If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin,
or exulted when evil befell him— [30] I have not allowed my mouth to sin
by asking for his life with a curse— [31] if the men of my house have not said,
‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’— [32] but no stranger had to lodge on the street,
for my door has been open to the traveler— [33] if I have covered my transgressions like Adam
by hiding my guilt in my heart, [34] because I greatly feared the crowds
and the contempt of the clans terrified me,
so that I kept silent
and would not go outside— [35] (Oh, that I had one to hear me!
Here is my signature.
Let the Almighty answer me;
let my accuser compose an indictment. [36] Surely I would carry it on my shoulder
and wear it like a crown. [37] I would give account of all my steps;
I would approach Him like a prince.)— [38] if my land cries out against me
and its furrows weep together, [39] if I have devoured its produce without payment
or broken the spirit of its tenants, [40] then let briers grow instead of wheat
and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

## Each verse

- Job 31:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/1
- Job 31:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/2
- Job 31:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/3
- Job 31:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/4
- Job 31:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/5
- Job 31:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/6
- Job 31:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/7
- Job 31:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/8
- Job 31:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/9
- Job 31:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/10
- Job 31:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/11
- Job 31:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/12
- Job 31:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/13
- Job 31:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/14
- Job 31:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/15
- Job 31:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/16
- Job 31:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/17
- Job 31:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/18
- Job 31:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/19
- Job 31:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/20
- Job 31:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/21
- Job 31:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/22
- Job 31:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/23
- Job 31:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/24
- Job 31:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/25
- Job 31:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/26
- Job 31:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/27
- Job 31:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/28
- Job 31:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/29
- Job 31:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/30
- Job 31:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/31
- Job 31:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/32
- Job 31:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/33
- Job 31:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/34
- Job 31:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/35
- Job 31:36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/36
- Job 31:37 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/37
- Job 31:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/38
- Job 31:39 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/39
- Job 31:40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/31/40