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| [1]I made a couenaunt with myne eyes: why then should I loke vpon a mayden |
[1]I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid? |
| [2]For how great a portion shall I haue of God? and what inheritaunce from the almightie on hye |
[2]For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high? |
| [3]Is not destruction to the wicked? and straunge punishement to the workers of iniquitie |
[3]Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity? |
| [4]Doth not he see my wayes, and tell all my goynges |
[4]Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps? |
| [5]If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my feete haue runne to disceaue |
[5]If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit— |
| [6]Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie |
[6]Let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know mine integrity— |
| [7]If my steppe hath turned out of the way, & myne heart walked after myne eyes, and if any blot haue cleaued to my handes |
[7]If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to my hands; |
| [8]Then shall I sowe, and an other eate: yea my posteritie shalbe cleane rooted out |
[8]Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out. |
| [9]If my heart haue ben deceaued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at my neyghbours doore |
[9]If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbour's door; |
| [10]Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her |
[10]Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. |
| [11]For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished |
[11]For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges. |
| [12]Yea a fire that vtterly should consume and roote out all my increase |
[12]For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase. |
| [13]If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me |
[13]If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me— |
| [14]When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him |
[14]What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when He remembereth, what shall I answer Him? |
| [15]He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapen a like in our mothers bodies |
[15]Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb? |
| [16]If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne |
[16]If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; |
| [17]If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof |
[17]Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof— |
| [18](For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the [wydowe] |
[18]Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb. |
| [19]If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of rayment |
[19]If I have seen any wanderer in want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering; |
| [20]If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe |
[20]If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; |
| [21]If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate |
[21]If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate; |
| [22]Then let myne arme fall fro my shoulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the bone |
[22]Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. |
| [23]For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God, and [knewe very well that] I was not able to beare his burthen |
[23]For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing. |
| [24]Haue I put my trust in golde? or haue I sayde to the wedge of golde, thou art my confidence |
[24]If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence'; |
| [25]Haue I reioyced because my power was great, and because my hande gat so much |
[25]If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; |
| [26]Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysing of the sunne? or had I the goyng downe of the moone in great reputation |
[26]If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; |
| [27]Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande |
[27]And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand; |
| [28](That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue. |
[28]This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above. |
| [29]Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie? or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him? [Oh, no. |
[29]If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or exulted when evil found him— |
| [30]I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule |
[30]Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse. |
| [31]Dyd not the men of myne owne housholde say, Who shall let vs to haue our belly full of his fleshe |
[31]If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?' |
| [32]The straunger dyd not lodge in the streete, but I opened my doores vnto him that went by the way |
[32]The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside. |
| [33]Haue I kept secrete my sinne, and hyd myne iniquitie, as Adam dyd |
[33]If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom— |
| [34]Though I coulde haue made afeard a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families dyd feare me: so I kept scilence, and went not out of the doore |
[34]Because I feared the great multitude, and the most contemptible among families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door. |
| [35]O that I had one which woulde heare me: beholde my signe in the whiche the almightie shal aunswere for me, though he that is my contrarie partie hath written a booke against me |
[35]Oh that I had one to hear me!—Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me—and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written! |
| [36]Yet will I take it vpon my shoulder, & as a garlande binde it about my head |
[36]Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown. |
| [37]I will tell hym the number of my goinges, & go vnto him as to a prince |
[37]I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. |
| [38]But if case be that my lande crye against me, or that the forowes thereof make any complaynt |
[38]If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together; |
| [39]If I haue eaten the fruites therof vnpayed for, yea if I haue greeued the soules of the maisters therof |
[39]If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed— |
| [40]Then let thystles growe in steede of my wheate, and cockle for my barlye |
[40]Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. |