8. Then may I sow, but another eat,and may my produce be rooted up!
9. If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door;
10. Then may my wife grind for another,and may others kneel over her!
11. For that would be heinous,a crime to be condemned,
12. A fire that would consume down to Abaddontill it uprooted all my crops.
13. Had I refused justice to my manservantor to my maidservant, when they had a complaint against me,
14. What then should I do when God rises up?What could I answer when he demands an account?
15. Did not he who made me in the belly make him?Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
16. If I have denied anything that the poor desired,or allowed the eyes of the widow to languish
17. While I ate my portion alone,with no share in it for the fatherless,