English Standard Version

Job 31:8-14 English Standard Version (ESV)

8. then let me sow, and another eat,and let what grows for me be rooted out.

9. “If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

10. then let my wife grind for another,and let others bow down on her.

11. For that would be a heinous crime;that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;

12. for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon,and it would burn to the root all my increase.

13. “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,when they brought a complaint against me,

14. what then shall I do when God rises up?When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?