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