Job 31

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin?	1 I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
2 What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high?	2 For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
3 Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity?	3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
4 Does not he see my ways, and number all my steps?	4 Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
5 "If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit;	5 If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
6 (Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!)	6 Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
7 if my step has turned aside from the way, and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has cleaved 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 let me sow, and another eat; and let what grows for me be rooted out.	8 Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.
9 "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor'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 grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.	10 Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;	11 For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.
12 for that would be a fire which consumes unto Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.	12 It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
13 "If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a 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 what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?	14 For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us 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 withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,	16 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it	17 If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:
18 (for from his youth I reared him as a father, and from his mother's womb I guided him);	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 seen any one perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without 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 loins have not blessed me, and if he was 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 raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw help in the gate;	21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.	22 Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.
23 For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.	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 made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence;	24 If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:
25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much;	25 If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.
26 if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,	26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, and the moon going in brightness:
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand;	27 And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth:
28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I should have been false to God above.	28 Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.
29 "If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him that hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him	29 If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.
30 (I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse);	30 For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
31 if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?'	31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
32 (the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the wayfarer);	32 The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.
33 if I have concealed my transgressions from men, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,	33 If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.
34 because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors--	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 Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!	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 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown;	36 That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
37 I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him.	37 At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.
38 "If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together;	38 If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
39 if I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners;	39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof:
40 let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.	40 Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.