New American Standard Bible

Job 31:3-19 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

3. "Is it not calamity to the unjust And disaster to those who work iniquity?

4. "Does He not see my ways And number all my steps?

5. "If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hastened after deceit,

6. Let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let God know my integrity.

7. "If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,

8. Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted.

9. "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or I have lurked at my neighbor's doorway,

10. May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her.

11. "For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.

12. "For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase.

13. "If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me,

14. What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

15. "Did not He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb?

16. "If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17. Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it

18. (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from infancy I guided her),

19. If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering,