Job 31 - Compare Translations
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Job 31:1
KJVI made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
WEB“I made a covenant with my eyes,
YLTA covenant I made for mine eyes, And what -- do I attend to a virgin?
Job 31:2
KJVFor what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
WEBFor what is the portion from God above,
YLTAnd what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
Job 31:3
KJVIs not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
WEBIs it not calamity to the unrighteous,
YLTIs not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?
Job 31:4
KJVDoth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
WEBDoesn’t he see my ways,
YLTDoth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?
Job 31:5
KJVIf I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
WEB“If I have walked with falsehood,
YLTIf I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,
Job 31:6
KJVLet me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
WEB(let me be weighed in an even balance,
YLTHe doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.
Job 31:7
KJVIf my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
WEBif my step has turned out of the way,
YLTIf my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,
Job 31:8
KJVThen let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
WEBthen let me sow, and let another eat.
YLTLet me sow -- and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.
Job 31:9
KJVIf mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
WEB“If my heart has been enticed to a woman,
YLTIf my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,
Job 31:10
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Job 31:11
KJVFor this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
WEBFor that would be a heinous crime.
YLTFor it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
Job 31:12
KJVFor it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
WEBFor it is a fire that consumes to destruction,
YLTFor a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,
Job 31:13
KJVIf I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
WEB“If I have despised the cause of my male servant
YLTIf I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
Job 31:14
KJVWhat then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
WEBWhat then shall I do when God rises up?
YLTThen what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?
Job 31:15
KJVDid not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
WEBDidn’t he who made me in the womb make him?
YLTDid not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.
Job 31:16
KJVIf I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
WEB“If I have withheld the poor from their desire,
YLTIf I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
Job 31:17
KJVOr have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
WEBor have eaten my morsel alone,
YLTAnd I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,
Job 31:18
KJV(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
WEB(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
YLT(But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)
Job 31:19
KJVIf I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
WEBif I have seen any perish for want of clothing,
YLTIf I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,
Job 31:20
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Job 31:21
KJVIf I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
WEBif I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,
YLTIf I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,
Job 31:22
KJVThen let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
WEBthen let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade,
YLTMy shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.
Job 31:23
KJVFor destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
WEBFor calamity from God is a terror to me.
YLTFor a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able.
Job 31:24
KJVIf I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
WEB“If I have made gold my hope,
YLTIf I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,'
Job 31:25
KJVIf I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
WEBIf I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,
YLTIf I rejoice because great [is] my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
Job 31:26
KJVIf I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
WEBif I have seen the sun when it shined,
YLTIf I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking,
Job 31:27
KJVAnd my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
WEBand my heart has been secretly enticed,
YLTAnd my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,
Job 31:28
KJVThis also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
WEBthis also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
YLTIt also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
Job 31:29
KJVIf I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
WEB“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
YLTIf I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
Job 31:30
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Job 31:31
KJVIf the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
WEBif the men of my tent have not said,
YLTIf not -- say ye, O men of my tent, `O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'
Job 31:32
KJVThe stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
WEB(the foreigner has not camped in the street,
YLTIn the street doth not lodge a stranger, My doors to the traveller I open.
Job 31:33
KJVIf I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
WEBif like Adam I have covered my transgressions,
YLTIf I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,
Job 31:34
KJVDid I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
WEBbecause I feared the great multitude,
YLTBecause I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.
Job 31:35
KJVOh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
WEBoh that I had one to hear me!
YLTWho giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.
Job 31:36
KJVSurely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
WEBSurely I would carry it on my shoulder;
YLTIf not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.
Job 31:37
KJVI would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
WEBI would declare to him the number of my steps.
YLTThe number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.
Job 31:38
KJVIf my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
WEBIf my land cries out against me,
YLTIf against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,
Job 31:39
KJVIf I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
WEBif I have eaten its fruits without money,
YLTIf its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
Job 31:40
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