Job 31

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 I reached an agreement with my eyes, that I would not so much as think about a virgin.	1 I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
2 For what portion should God from above hold for me, and what inheritance should the Almighty from on high keep?	2 For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
3 Is not destruction held for the wicked and repudiation kept for those who work injustice?	3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
4 Does he not examine my ways and number all my steps?	4 Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
5 If I have walked in vanity, or if my foot has hurried towards deceitfulness,	5 If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
6 let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.	6 Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
7 If my steps have turned aside from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if a blemish has clung to my hands,	7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:
8 then may I sow, and let another consume, and let my offspring be eradicated.	8 Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.
9 If my heart has been deceived over a woman, or if I have waited in ambush at my friend’s door,	9 If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door:
10 then let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lean over her.	10 Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
11 For this is a crime and a very great injustice.	11 For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.
12 It is a fire devouring all the way to perdition, and it roots out all that springs forth.	12 It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
13 If I have despised being subject to judgment with my servant or my maid, when they had any complaint against me,	13 If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:
14 then what will I do when God rises to judge, and, when he inquires, how will I respond to him?	14 For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?
15 Is not he who created me in the womb, also he who labored to make him? And did not one and the same form me in the womb?	15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?
16 If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait;	16 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
17 if I have eaten my morsel of food alone, while orphans have not eaten from it;	17 If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:
18 (for from my infancy mercy grew with me, and it came out with me from my mother’s womb;)	18 (For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother's womb :)
19 if I have looked down on him who was perishing because he had no clothing and the poor without any covering,	19 If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:
20 if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;	20 If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:
21 if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I the advantage over him at the gate;	21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
22 then may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken.	22 Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.
23 For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear.	23 For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was not able to bear.
24 If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’	24 If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:
25 if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;	25 If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.
26 if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,	26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, and the moon going in brightness:
27 so that my heart rejoiced in secret and I kissed my hand with my mouth,	27 And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth:
28 which is a very great iniquity and a denial against the most high God;	28 Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.
29 if I have been glad at the ruin of him who hated me and have exulted that evil found him,	29 If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.
30 for I have not been given my throat to sin by asking for a curse on his soul;	30 For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
31 if the men around my tabernacle have not said: “He might give us some of his food, so that we will be filled,”	31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
32 for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler;	32 The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.
33 if, as man does, I have hidden my sin and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom;	33 If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.
34 if I became frightened by an excessive crowd, and the disrespect of close relatives alarmed me, so that I would much rather have remained silent or have gone out the door;	34 If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.
35 then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,	35 Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,
36 which I would then carry on my shoulder and wrap around me like a crown?	36 That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
37 With each of my steps, I would pronounce and offer it, as if to a prince.	37 At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.
38 So, if my land cries out against me, and if its furrows weep with it,	38 If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
39 if I have used its fruits for nothing but money and have afflicted the souls of its tillers,	39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof:
40 then, may thistles spring forth for me instead of grain, and thorns instead of barley. (This ended the words of Job.)	40 Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.