| 1 | "I made a covenant with my eyes, How then should I look lustfully at a young woman? | Gn 6:2 2Sa 11:2-4 Ps 119:37 Pr 4:25 Pr 23:31-33 Mt 5:28 Mt 5:29 1Jn 2:16 |
| 2 | For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high? | Jb 20:29 Jb 27:13 Heb 13:4 |
| 3 | Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity? | Jb 21:30 Ps 55:23 Ps 73:18 Pr 1:27 Pr 10:29 Pr 21:15 Mt 7:13 Ro 9:22 1Th 5:3 2Th 1:9 2Pe 2:1 |
| 4 | Doesn`t he see my ways, And number all my steps? | Jb 14:16 Jb 34:21 Gn 16:13 2Ch 16:9 Ps 44:21 Ps 139:1-3 Pr 5:21 Pr 15:3 Jer 16:17 Jer 32:19 Jn 1:48 Heb 4:13 |
| 5 | "If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hurried to deceit | Ps 7:3-5 |
| 6 | (Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know my integrity); | 1Sa 2:3 Ps 7:8 Ps 7:9 Ps 17:2 Ps 17:3 Ps 26:1 Pr 16:11 Isa 26:7 Dn 5:27 Mic 6:11 |
| 7 | If my step has turned out of the way, If my heart walked after my eyes, If any defilement has stuck to my hands, | Ps 44:20 Ps 44:21 |
| 8 | Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out. | Jb 5:5 Jb 24:6 Lv 26:16 Dt 28:30-33 Dt 28:38-33 Dt 28:51-33 Jg 6:3-6 Mic 6:15 |
| 9 | "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor`s door; | Jg 16:5 1Ki 11:4 Ne 13:26 Pr 2:16-19 Pr 5:3-23 Pr 6:25 Pr 7:21 Pr 22:14 Ec 7:26 |
| 10 | Then let my wife grind for another, And let others sleep with her. | Ex 11:5 Isa 47:2 Mt 24:41 |
| 11 | For that would be a heinous crime; Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges: | Gn 20:9 Gn 26:10 Gn 39:9 Ex 20:14 Pr 6:29-33 |
| 12 | For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase. | Pr 3:33 Pr 6:27 Jer 5:7-9 Mal 3:5 Heb 13:4 |
| 13 | "If I have despised the cause of my man-servant Or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me; | Ex 21:20 Ex 21:21 Ex 21:26 Ex 21:27 Lv 25:43 Lv 25:46 Dt 15:12-15 Jer 34:14-17 Eph 6:9 Col 4:1 |
| 14 | What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him? | Jb 9:32 Jb 10:2 Ps 7:6 Ps 9:12 Ps 9:19 Ps 10:12-15 Ps 44:21 Ps 76:9 Ps 143:2 Isa 10:3 Zc 2:13 |
| 15 | Didn`t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn`t one fashion us in the womb? | Jb 34:19 Ne 5:5 Pr 14:31 Pr 22:2 Isa 58:7 Mal 2:10 Mal 10:8-12 Ps 139:14-16 |
| 16 | "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, | Jb 22:7-9 Dt 15:7-10 Ps 112:9 Lk 16:21 Ac 11:29 Ga 2:10 |
| 17 | Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it | Dt 15:11 Dt 15:14 Ne 8:10 Lk 11:41 Jn 13:29 Ac 4:32 |
| 18 | (No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, Her have I guided from my mother`s womb); |
| 19 | If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering; | Jb 22:6 2Ch 28:15 Isa 58:7 Mt 25:36 Mt 25:43 Lk 3:11 Ac 9:39 Jm 2:16 1Jn 3:18 |
| 20 | If his heart hasn`t blessed me, If he hasn`t been warmed with my sheep`s fleece; | Jb 29:11 Dt 24:13 |
| 21 | If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate: | Jb 6:27 Jb 22:9 Jb 24:9 Jb 29:12 Pr 23:10 Pr 23:11 Jer 5:28 Ezk 22:7 |
| 22 | Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And my arm be broken from the bone. | Jb 31:10 Jb 31:40 Jsh 22:22 Jsh 22:23 Ps 7:4 Ps 7:5 Ps 137:6 |
| 23 | For calamity from God is a terror to me, By reason of his majesty I can do nothing. | Jb 20:23 Jb 21:20 Gn 39:9 Ps 119:120 Isa 13:6 Jl 1:15 2Co 5:11 |
| 24 | "If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, `You are my confidence;` | Gn 31:1 Dt 8:12-14 Ps 49:6 Ps 49:7 Ps 49:17 Ps 52:7 Ps 62:10 Pr 10:15 Pr 11:28 Pr 30:9 Mk 10:24 Lk 12:15 Col 3:5 1Ti 6:10 1Ti 6:17 |
| 25 | If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much; | Es 5:11 Pr 23:5 Jer 9:23 Ezk 28:5 Lk 12:19 Lk 16:19 Lk 16:25 |
| 26 | If I have seen the sun when it shined, Or the moon moving in splendor, | Gn 1:16-18 Dt 4:19 Dt 11:16 Dt 17:3 2Ki 23:5 2Ki 23:11 Jer 8:2 Ezk 8:16 |
| 27 | And my heart has been secretly enticed, My hand threw a kiss from my mouth: | Dt 11:16 Dt 13:6 Isa 44:20 Ro 1:21 Ro 1:28 |
| 28 | This also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God who is above. | Jb 31:11 Jb 9:15 Jb 23:7 Gn 18:25 Dt 17:2-7 Dt 17:9-7 Jg 11:27 Ps 50:6 Heb 12:23 |
| 29 | "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him; | 2Sa 1:12 2Sa 4:10 2Sa 4:11 2Sa 16:5-8 Ps 35:13 Ps 35:14 Ps 35:25 Ps 35:26 Pr 17:5 Pr 24:17 Pr 24:18 |
| 30 | (Yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse); | Ex 23:4 Ex 23:5 Mt 5:43 Mt 5:44 Ro 12:14 1Pe 2:22 1Pe 2:23 1Pe 3:9 |
| 31 | If the men of my tent have not said, `Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?` | 1Sa 24:4 1Sa 24:10 1Sa 26:8 2Sa 16:9 2Sa 16:10 2Sa 19:21 2Sa 19:22 Jer 40:15 Jer 40:16 Lk 9:54 Lk 9:55 Lk 22:50 Lk 22:51 |
| 32 | (The sojourner has not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveler); | Jb 31:17 Jb 31:18 Gn 19:2 Gn 19:3 Jg 19:15 Jg 19:20 Jg 19:21 Isa 58:7 Mt 25:35 Mt 25:40 Mt 25:44 Mt 25:45 Ro 12:13 1Ti 5:10 Heb 13:2 1Pe 4:9 |
| 33 | If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding my iniquity in my heart, | Gn 3:7 Gn 3:8 Gn 3:12 Jsh 7:11 Pr 28:13 Hos 6:7 Ac 5:8 1Jn 1:8-10 |
| 34 | Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and didn`t go out of the door-- | Ex 23:2 Pr 29:25 Jer 38:4 Jer 38:5 Jer 38:16 Jer 38:19 Mt 27:20-26 |
| 35 | Oh that I had one to hear me! (Behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); Let the accuser write my indictment! | Jb 13:3 Jb 17:3 Jb 23:3-7 Jb 33:6 Jb 38:1-3 Jb 40:4 Jb 40:5 |
| 36 | Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; And I would bind it to me as a crown. | Ex 28:12 Isa 22:22 |
| 37 | I would declare to him the number of my steps. As a prince would I go near to him. | Jb 9:3 Jb 13:15 Jb 14:16 Jb 42:3-6 Ps 19:12 |
| 38 | If my land cries out against me, And the furrows of it weep together; | Jb 20:27 Hab 2:11 Jm 5:4 |
| 39 | If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, Or have caused the owners of it to lose their life: | Gn 4:12 |
| 40 | Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended. | Gn 3:17 Gn 3:18 Isa 7:23 Zep 2:9 Mal 1:3 |
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