Brenton's Septuagint (LXX) - Holy Name KJV

 31:1 ¶ I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.

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

 31:2 Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance [given] of the Mighty One from the highest?

 31:2 For what° portion° of Eloah° [is there] from above?°° and [what] inheritance° of Shaddai° from on high?°°

 31:3 Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.

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

 31:4 Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?

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

 31:5 But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:

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

 31:6 (for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)

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

 31:7 if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with 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 others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.

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

 31:9 If my heart has gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;

 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 also please another, and let my children be brought low.

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

 31:11 For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, [in the case] of defiling [another] man's wife.

 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 burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.

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

 31:13 And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or [my] handmaid, when they pleaded 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 if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?

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

 31:15 Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yea, we were formed in the same 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 But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye 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 And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart [of it] to the orphan;

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

 31:18 (for I nourished [them] as a father from my youth and guided [them] 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 And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;

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

 31:20 and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were [not] warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

 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 lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior [to his]:

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

 31:22 let them my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.

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

 31:23 For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.

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

 31:24 If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;

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

 31:25 and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable [treasures]:

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

 31:26 (do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not [power to continue]:)

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

 31:27 and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:

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

 31:28 let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I [should] have lied against the Lord Most High.

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

 31:29 And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!

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

 31:30 let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.

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

 31:31 And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:

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

 31:32 for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came:)

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

 31:33 or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin;

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

 31:34 (for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them:) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:

 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 a hearer,) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and [as to] the written charge which I had against any one,

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

 31:36 I would place [it] as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.

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

 31:37 And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor:

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

 31:38 If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;

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

 31:39 and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if I too grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking [aught] from [him]:

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

 31:40 then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.

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