American Standard Version - King James Version

 31:1 ¶ I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

 31:1 ¶ I made°° a covenant° with mine eyes;° why° then should I think°° upon° a maid?°

 31:2 For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?

 31:2 For what° portion° of God° [is there] from above?°° and [what] inheritance° of the Almighty° from on high?°°

 31:3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

 31:3 [Is] not° destruction° to the wicked?° and a strange° [punishment] to the workers°° of iniquity?°

 31:4 Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?

 31:4 Doth not° he° see°° my ways,° and count°° all° my steps?°

 31:5 If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

 31:5 If° I have walked°° with° vanity,° or if my foot° hath hasted°° to° deceit;°

 31:6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

 31:6 Let me be weighed°° in an even° balance,° that God° may know°° mine integrity.°

 31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

 31:7 If° my step° hath turned° out°° of° the way,° and mine heart° walked°° after° mine eyes,° and if any blot° hath cleaved°° to mine hands;°

 31:8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

 31:8 [Then] let me sow,°° and let another° eat;°° yea, let my offspring° be rooted out.°°

 31:9 If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

 31:9 If° mine heart° have been deceived°° by° a woman,° or [if] I have laid wait°° at° my neighbour's° door;°

 31:10 Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

 31:10 [Then] let my wife° grind°° unto another,° and let others° bow down°° upon° her.

 31:11 For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

 31:11 For° this° [is] an heinous crime;° yea, it° [is] an iniquity° [to be punished by] the judges.°

 31:12 For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

 31:12 For° it° [is] a fire° [that] consumeth°° to° destruction,° and would root out°° all° mine increase.°

 31:13 If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

 31:13 If° I did despise°° the cause° of my manservant° or of my maidservant,° when they contended°° with° me;

 31:14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

 31:14 What° then shall I do°° when° God° riseth up?°° and when° he visiteth,°° what° shall I answer°° him?

 31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

 31:15 Did not° he that made°° me in the womb° make°° him? and did not one° fashion°° us in the womb?°

 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

 31:16 If° I have withheld°° the poor° from [their] desire,°° or have caused the eyes° of the widow° to fail;°°

 31:17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

 31:17 Or have eaten°° my morsel° myself alone,° and the fatherless° hath not° eaten°° thereof;°

 31:18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

 31:18 (For° from my youth°° he was brought up°° with me, as [with] a father,° and I have guided°° her from my mother's° womb;)°°

 31:19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

 31:19 If° I have seen°° any perish°° for want°° of clothing,° or any poor° without° covering;°

 31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

 31:20 If° his loins° have not° blessed°° me, and [if] he were [not] warmed°° with the fleece°° of my sheep;°

 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

 31:21 If° I have lifted up°° my hand° against° the fatherless,° when° I saw°° my help° in the gate:°

 31:22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

 31:22 [Then] let mine arm° fall°° from my shoulder blade,°° and mine arm° be broken°° from the bone.°°

 31:23 For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

 31:23 For° destruction° [from] God° [was] a terror° to° me, and by reason of his highness°° I could°° not° endure.

 31:24 If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;

 31:24 If° I have made°° gold° my hope,° or have said°° to the fine gold,° [Thou art] my confidence;°

 31:25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

 31:25 If° I rejoiced°° because° my wealth° [was] great,° and because° mine hand° had gotten°° much;°

 31:26 If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

 31:26 If° I beheld°° the sun° when° it shined,°° or the moon° walking°° [in] brightness;°

 31:27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

 31:27 And my heart° hath been secretly° enticed,°° or my mouth° hath kissed°° my hand:°

 31:28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

 31:28 This° also° [were] an iniquity° [to be punished by] the judge:° for° I should have denied°° the God° [that is] above.°°

 31:29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

 31:29 If° I rejoiced°° at the destruction° of him that hated°° me, or lifted up°° myself° when° evil° found°° him:

 31:30 (Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

 31:30 Neither° have I suffered°° my mouth° to sin°° by wishing°° a curse° to his soul.°

 31:31 If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

 31:31 If° the men° of my tabernacle° said°° not,° Oh that° we had°° of his flesh!°° we cannot° be satisfied.°°

 31:32 (The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);

 31:32 The stranger° did not° lodge°° in the street:° [but] I opened°° my doors° to the traveller.°

 31:33 If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

 31:33 If° I covered°° my transgressions° as Adam,° by hiding°° mine iniquity° in my bosom:°

 31:34 Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door --

 31:34 Did I fear°° a great° multitude,° or did the contempt° of families° terrify°° me, that I kept silence,°° [and] went not out°°° of the door?°

 31:35 Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

 31:35 Oh that°°° one would° hear°° me! behold,° my desire° [is, that] the Almighty° would answer°° me, and [that] mine adversary°° had written°° a book.°

 31:36 Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:

 31:36 Surely° I would take°° it upon° my shoulder,° [and] bind°° it [as] a crown° to me.

 31:37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.

 31:37 I would declare°° unto him the number° of my steps;° as° a prince° would I go near°° unto° him.

 31:38 If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

 31:38 If° my land° cry°° against° me, or that the furrows° likewise° thereof complain;°°

 31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

 31:39 If° I have eaten°° the fruits° thereof without° money,° or have caused the owners° thereof to lose°° their life:°

 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

 31:40 Let thistles° grow°° instead° of wheat,° and cockle° instead° of barley.° The words° of Job° are ended.°°