Catholic Public Domain Version

Job 31:5-14 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

5. If I have walked in vanity, or if my foot has hurried towards deceitfulness,

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,

8. then may I sow, and let another consume, and let my offspring be eradicated.

9. If my heart has been deceived over a woman, or if I have waited in ambush at my friend's door,

10. then let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lean over her.

11. For this is a crime and a very great injustice.

12. It is a fire devouring all the way to perdition, and it roots out all that springs forth.

13. If I have despised being subject to judgment with my servant or my maid, when they had any complaint against me,

14. then what will I do when God rises to judge, and, when he inquires, how will I respond to him?