International Children’s Bible

Job 31:8-23 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

8. If I have done these things, then let other people eat what I have planted.And let my crops be plowed up.

9. “I have not desired another woman.I have never waited at my neighbor’s door to commit adultery with his wife.

10. If I have done these things, then let my wife grind another man’s grain.And let other men have physical relations with her.

11. Sexual sin is shameful.It is a sin which must be punished.

12. It is like a fire that burns and destroys forever.It would destroy all I have.

13. “I have been fair to my male and female slaveswhen they had a complaint against me.

14. If I have not, how could I tell God what I did?What will I answer when God asks me to explain what I’ve done?

15. God made me in my mother’s womb, and he also made them.The same God formed both of us in our mothers’ wombs.

16. “I have never refused anything the poor wanted.I have never let widows give up hope while looking for help.

17. I have not kept my food to myself.I have also given it to the orphans.

18. Since I was young, I have been like a father to the orphans.And from my birth I guided the widows.

19. I have not let a person die because he had no clothes.I have not let a needy person go without a coat.

20. That person’s heart blessed me.This was because I warmed him with the wool of my sheep.

21. I have never hurt an orphaneven when I knew I could win in court.

22. If I have, then let my arm fall off my shoulder.Let it be broken at the joint.

23. This is because I dread destruction from God.I could not do such things because I fear his majesty.