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1. "But I made an agreement with my eyes not to look with desire at a girl.
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1. I made H3772 a covenant H1285 with mine eyes H5869 ; why H4100 then should I think H995 upon H5921 a maid H1330 ?
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2. What has God above promised for people?
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2. For what H4100 portion H2506 of God H433 is there from above H4480 H4605 ? and what inheritance H5159 of the Almighty H7706 from on high H4480 H4791 ?
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3. It is ruin for evil people and disaster for those who do wrong.
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3. Is not H3808 destruction H343 to the wicked H5767 ? and a strange H5235 punishment to the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 ?
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4. God sees my ways and counts every step I take.
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4. Doth not H3808 he H1931 see H7200 my ways H1870 , and count H5608 all H3605 my steps H6806 ?
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5. "If I have been dishonest or lied to others,
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5. If H518 I have walked H1980 with H5973 vanity H7723 , or if my foot H7272 hath hasted H2363 to H5921 deceit H4820 ;
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6. then let God weigh me on honest scales. Then he will know I have done nothing wrong.
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6. Let me be weighed H8254 in an even H6664 balance H3976 , that God H433 may know H3045 mine integrity H8538 .
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7. If I have turned away from doing what is right, or my heart has been led by my eyes to do wrong, or my hands have been made unclean,
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7. If H518 my step H838 hath turned H5186 out of H4480 the way H1870 , and mine heart H3820 walked H1980 after H310 mine eyes H5869 , and if any blot H3971 hath cleaved H1692 to mine hands H3709 ;
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8. then let other people eat what I have planted, and let my crops be plowed up.
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8. Then let me sow H2232 , and let another H312 eat H398 ; yea , let my offspring H6631 be rooted out H8327 .
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9. "If I have desired another woman or have waited at my neighbor's door for his wife,
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9. If H518 mine heart H3820 have been deceived H6601 by H5921 a woman H802 , or if I have laid wait H693 at H5921 my neighbor H7453 's door H6607 ;
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10. then let my wife grind another man's grain, and let other men have sexual relations with her.
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10. Then let my wife H802 grind H2912 unto another H312 , and let others H312 bow down H3766 upon H5921 her.
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11. That would be shameful, a sin to be punished.
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11. For H3588 this H1931 is a heinous crime H2154 ; yea, it H1931 is an iniquity H5771 to be punished by the judges H6414 .
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12. It is like a fire that burns and destroys; all I have done would be plowed up.
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12. For H3588 it H1931 is a fire H784 that consumeth H398 to H5704 destruction H11 , and would root out H8327 all H3605 mine increase H8393 .
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13. "If I have been unfair to my male and female slaves when they had a complaint against me,
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13. If H518 I did despise H3988 the cause H4941 of my manservant H5650 or of my maidservant H519 , when they contended H7378 with H5978 me;
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14. how could I tell God what I did? What will I answer when he asks me to explain what I've done?
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14. What H4100 then shall I do H6213 when H3588 God H410 riseth up H6965 ? and when H3588 he visiteth H6485 , what H4100 shall I answer H7725 him?
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15. God made me in my mother's womb, and he also made them; the same God formed both of us in our mothers' wombs.
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15. Did not H3808 he that made H6213 me in the womb H990 make H6213 him? and did not one H259 fashion H3559 us in the womb H7358 ?
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16. "I have never refused the appeals of the poor or let widows give up hope while looking for help.
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16. If H518 I have withheld H4513 the poor H1800 from their desire H4480 H2656 , or have caused the eyes H5869 of the widow H490 to fail H3615 ;
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17. I have not kept my food to myself but have given it to the orphans.
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17. Or have eaten H398 my morsel H6595 myself alone H905 , and the fatherless H3490 hath not H3808 eaten H398 thereof H4480 ;
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18. Since I was young, I have been like a father to the orphans. From my birth I guided the widows.
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18. ( For H3588 from my youth H4480 H5271 he was brought up H1431 with me , as with a father H1 , and I have guided H5148 her from my mother H517 's womb H4480 H990 ;)
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19. I have not let anyone die for lack of clothes or let a needy person go without a coat.
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19. If H518 I have seen H7200 any perish H6 for want H4480 H1097 of clothing H3830 , or any poor H34 without H369 covering H3682 ;
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20. That person's heart blessed me, because I warmed him with the wool of my sheep.
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20. If H518 his loins H2504 have not H3808 blessed H1288 me , and if he were not warmed H2552 with the fleece H4480 H1488 of my sheep H3532 ;
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21. I have never hurt an orphan even when I knew I could win in court.
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21. If H518 I have lifted up H5130 my hand H3027 against H5921 the fatherless H3490 , when H3588 I saw H7200 my help H5833 in the gate H8179 :
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22. If I have, then let my arm fall off my shoulder and be broken at the joint.
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22. Then let mine arm H3802 fall H5307 from my shoulder blade H4480 H7929 , and mine arm H248 be broken H7665 from the bone H4480 H7070 .
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23. I fear destruction from God, and I fear his majesty, so I could not do such things.
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23. For H3588 destruction H343 from God H410 was a terror H6343 to H413 me , and by reason of his highness H4480 H7613 I could H3201 not H3808 endure.
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24. "I have not put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security.'
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24. If H518 I have made H7760 gold H2091 my hope H3689 , or have said H559 to the fine gold H3800 , Thou art my confidence H4009 ;
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25. I have not celebrated my great wealth or the riches my hands had gained.
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25. If H518 I rejoiced H8055 because H3588 my wealth H2428 was great H7227 , and because H3588 mine hand H3027 had gotten H4672 much H3524 ;
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26. I have not thought about worshiping the sun in its brightness nor admired the moon moving in glory
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26. If H518 I beheld H7200 the sun H216 when H3588 it shined H1984 , or the moon H3394 walking H1980 in brightness H3368 ;
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27. so that my heart was pulled away from God. My hand has never offered the sun and moon a kiss of worship.
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27. And my heart H3820 hath been secretly H5643 enticed H6601 , or my mouth H6310 hath kissed H5401 my hand H3027 :
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28. If I had, these also would have been sins to be punished, because I would have been unfaithful to God.
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28. This H1931 also H1571 were an iniquity H5771 to be punished by the judge H6416 : for H3588 I should have denied H3584 the God H410 that is above H4480 H4605 .
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29. "I have not been happy when my enemy fell or laughed when he had trouble.
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29. If H518 I rejoiced H8055 at the destruction H6365 of him that hated H8130 me , or lifted up myself H5782 when H3588 evil H7451 found H4672 him:
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30. I have not let my mouth sin by cursing my enemy's life.
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30. Neither H3808 have I suffered H5414 my mouth H2441 to sin H2398 by wishing H7592 a curse H423 to his soul H5315 .
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31. The men of my house have always said, 'Everyone has eaten all he wants of Job's food.'
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31. If H518 the men H4962 of my tabernacle H168 said H559 not H3808 , Oh that H4310 we had H5414 of his flesh H4480 H1320 ! we cannot H3808 be satisfied H7646 .
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32. No stranger ever had to spend the night in the street, because I always let travelers stay in my home.
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32. The stranger H1616 did not H3808 lodge H3885 in the street H2351 : but I opened H6605 my doors H1817 to the traveler H734 .
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33. I have not hidden my sin as others do, secretly keeping my guilt to myself.
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33. If H518 I covered H3680 my transgressions H6588 as Adam H121 , by hiding H2934 mine iniquity H5771 in my bosom H2243 :
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34. I was not so afraid of the crowd that I kept quiet and stayed inside because I feared being hated by other families.
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34. Did I fear H6206 a great H7227 multitude H1995 , or did the contempt H937 of families H4940 terrify H2865 me , that I kept silence H1826 , and went not out H3318 H3808 of the door H6607 ?
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35. ("How I wish a court would hear my case! Here I sign my name to show I have told the truth. Now let the Almighty answer me; let the one who accuses me write it down.
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35. Oh that H4310 one would H5414 hear H8085 me! behold H2005 , my desire H8420 is, that the Almighty H7706 would answer H6030 me , and that mine adversary H376 H7379 had written H3789 a book H5612 .
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36. I would wear the writing on my shoulder; I would put it on like a crown.
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36. Surely H518 I would take H5375 it upon H5921 my shoulder H7926 , and bind H6029 it as a crown H5850 to me.
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37. I would explain to God every step I took, and I would come near to him like a prince.)
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37. I would declare H5046 unto him the number H4557 of my steps H6806 ; as H3644 a prince H5057 would I go near unto H7126 him.
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38. "If my land cries out against me and its plowed rows are not wet with tears,
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38. If H518 my land H127 cry H2199 against H5921 me , or that the furrows H8525 likewise H3162 thereof complain H1058 ;
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39. if I have taken the land's harvest without paying or have broken the spirit of those who worked the land,
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39. If H518 I have eaten H398 the fruits H3581 thereof without H1097 money H3701 , or have caused the owners H1167 thereof to lose H5301 their life H5315 :
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40. then let thorns come up instead of wheat, and let weeds come up instead of barley." The words of Job are finished.
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40. Let thistles H2336 grow H3318 instead H8478 of wheat H2406 , and cockle H890 instead H8478 of barley H8184 . The words H1697 of Job H347 are ended H8552 .
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