12. It would be a fire that burns even in Abaddon.It would uproot my entire harvest.
13. “If I have abused the rights of my servants, male or female,when they have disagreed with me,
14. then what could I do if God rises up?If he examines me, how could I answer him?
15. Didn’t he who made me in my mother’s belly make them?Didn’t the same God form us in the womb?
16. “If I have refused the requests of the pooror made a widow’s eyes stop ⌊looking for help⌋,
17. or have eaten my food alonewithout letting the orphan eat any of it. . . .
18. (From my youth the orphan grew up with meas though I were his father,and from my birth I treated the widow kindly.)
19. If I have seen anyone die because he had no clothesor a poor person going naked. . . .
20. (If his body didn’t bless me,or the wool from my sheep didn’t keep him warm. . . .)
21. If I have shaken my fist at an orphanbecause I knew that others would back me up in court,
22. ⌊then⌋ let my shoulder fall out of its socket,and let my arm be broken at the elbow.
23. “A disaster from God terrifies me.In the presence of his majesty I can do nothing.
24. “If I put my confidence in goldor said to fine gold, ‘I trust you’. . . .
25. If I enjoyed being very richbecause my hand had found great ⌊wealth⌋. . . .
26. If I saw the light shineor the moon move along in its splendor
27. so that my heart was secretly tempted,and I threw them a kiss with my hand,
28. then that, too, would be a criminal offense,and I would have denied God above.
29. “If I enjoyed the ruin of my enemyor celebrated when harm came to him
30. (even though I didn’t speak sinfullyby calling down a curse on his life). . . .
31. “If the people who were in my tent had said,‘We wish we had never filled ⌊our stomachs⌋ with his food’. . . .
32. (The visitor never spent the night outside,because I opened my door to the traveler.)