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    Job 31

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    Job offers to wear his indictment like a crown and approach God like a prince; before that flourish, he has put his eyes, household, servants, harvest, and even his arm under oath.

    A life placed under oathvv. 1–23

    Job begins with a covenant made with his eyes, then invites God to weigh him on honest scales. His defence ranges from deceit and adultery to the treatment of servants, widows, the poor, and the fatherless, with a wonderfully severe penalty reserved for the last offence: his arm may fall from his shoulder. The household curse is particularly exacting: if his heart has strayed toward his neighbour’s wife, his own wife may grind grain for another and other men may sleep with her.

    The sun, the moon, and the open doorvv. 24–34

    Job denies having made a god of gold, wealth, the sun, or the moon. Yet the sun and moon come close to becoming conspirators: they secretly entice his heart, and his hand throws a kiss from his mouth. He has not rejoiced at an enemy’s ruin, his household has fed its guests, and no stranger has been left to lodge in the street. Then Adam appears—not in person, but as the name attached to hiding guilt in the heart.

    The indictment worn as a crownvv. 35–40

    At last Job breaks out of the conditional rhythm and calls for someone to hear him. He signs his name, asks the Almighty for an answer and his accuser for an indictment, and then imagines carrying the charge on his shoulder like a crown. He would account for every step and approach God like a prince. The final oath turns to the land itself: if its produce was taken without payment or its tenants oppressed, wheat may give way to briers and barley to stinkweed. A legal hearing, a royal entrance, and a ruined field arrive in the same breath.

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    1. Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

    2. Job 31:2For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

    3. Job 31:3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

    4. Job 31:4Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

    5. Job 31:5If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

    6. Job 31:6let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

    7. Job 31:7If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

    8. Job 31:8then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

    9. Job 31:9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

    10. Job 31:10then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

    11. Job 31:11For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

    12. Job 31:12For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

    13. Job 31:13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

    14. Job 31:14what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

    15. Job 31:15Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

    16. Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

    17. Job 31:17if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

    18. Job 31:18though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

    19. Job 31:19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

    20. Job 31:20if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

    21. Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

    22. Job 31:22then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

    23. Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

    24. Job 31:24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

    25. Job 31:25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

    26. Job 31:26if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

    27. Job 31:27so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

    28. Job 31:28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

    29. Job 31:29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

    30. Job 31:30I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

    31. Job 31:31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

    32. Job 31:32but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

    33. Job 31:33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

    34. Job 31:34because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

    35. Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

    36. Job 31:36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

    37. Job 31:37I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

    38. Job 31:38if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

    39. Job 31:39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

    40. Job 31:40then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

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    • 1James 1:14–15But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
    • 1Matthew 5:28–29But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
    • 1Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
    • 11 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
    • 1Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
    • 12 Samuel 11:2–4One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
    • 1Proverbs 4:25Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
    • 1Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
    • 1Proverbs 23:31–33Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
    • 4Job 34:21For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
    • 29Proverbs 24:17–18Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
    • 33Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
    • 4Proverbs 5:21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
    • 42 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
    • 29Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
    • 4Job 14:16For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

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