Top Verses Profile for Job 31:9  

2 For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high? 3 Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong? 4 Does he not see my ways and count my every step? 5 "If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit – " 6 Let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless – 7 If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled 8 Then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. 9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door," 10 Then may my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her. 11 For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged. 12 It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest. 13 "If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me," 14 What will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account? 15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers? 16 "If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary," (NIV)

2 For what portion should I have from God above [if I were lewd], and what heritage from the Almighty on high? 3 Does not calamity [justly] befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity? 4 Does not [God] see my ways and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with falsehood or vanity, or if my foot has hastened to deceit-- 6 Oh, let me be weighed in a just balance and let Him weigh me, that God may know my integrity! 7 If my step has turned out of [God's] way, and my heart has gone the way my eyes [covetously] invited, and if any spot has stained my hands with guilt 8 Then let me sow and let another eat; yes, let the produce of my field or my offspring be rooted out. 9 If my heart has been deceived and I made a fool by a woman, or if I have [covetously] laid wait at my neighbor's door [until his departure] 10 Then let my wife grind [meal, like a bondslave] for another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For [adultery] is a heinous and chief crime, an iniquity [to demand action by] the judges and punishment. [Deut. 22:22; John 8:5.] 12 For [uncontrolled passion] is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (to destruction, ruin, and the place of final torment); [that fire once lighted would rage until all is consumed] and would burn to the root all my [life's] increase. 13 If I have despised and rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant when they contended or brought a complaint against me 14 What then shall I do when God rises up [to judge]? When He visits [to inquire of me], what shall I answer Him? [Ps. 44:21.] 15 Did not He Who made me in the womb make [my servant]? And did not One fashion us both in the womb? [Prov. 14:31; 22:2; Mal. 2:10.] 16 If I have withheld from the poor and needy what they desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief] (AMP)

2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. 9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; (KJV)