Verse 21
Job 31:21
Free Bible Version
21
Since I'm terrified of what punishment God (Elohim) may have in store for me, and because of his majesty, I could never do this.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם הֲנִיפ֣וֹתִי עַל יָת֣וֹם יָדִ֑/י כִּֽי אֶרְאֶ֥ה בַ֝/שַּׁ֗עַר עֶזְרָתִֽ/י
English Translation
If I have raised my hand against an orphan because I saw help at the gate.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 31 Context
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“I vowed to myself never to look with desire at young women.
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What should people expect to receive from God (Elohim)? What reward should the Almighty on high give...
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Isn't it disaster for the wicked and destruction for those who do wrong?
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Doesn't God (Elohim) see everything I do—even count every step I take?
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Have I lived a deceitful life? Have I been eager to tell lies?
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No! Let God (Elohim) weigh me on the scales of his justice and let him discover my integrity.
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If I have wandered from God (Elohim)'s way, if I have let what I see become my desires, if there's a...
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then let someone else eat what I have sown, and all that I have grown be uprooted.
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If a woman has seduced me, or if I have looked for an opportunity to sleep with my neighbor's wife,
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then let my wife serve another, let other men sleep with her.
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For that would be wicked, a sin deserving punishment,
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for this sin is like a fire that leads to destruction, destroying everything I have.
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If I had refused to listen to my menservants or maidservants when they brought their complaints to m...
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what would I do when God (Elohim) came to judge me? How would I reply if he investigated me?
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Didn't the same God (Elohim) make all of us?
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Have I refused to give the poor what they needed, or caused widows to despair?
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Have I even eaten just a piece of bread by myself? Haven't I always shared my food with orphans?
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If ever I saw someone needing clothes, the poor without anything to wear,
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If I raised my hand to hit an orphan, confident that if it came to court the judges would be on my s...
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then let my shoulder be pulled from its joint, my arm wrenched out of its socket.
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Since I'm terrified of what punishment God (Elohim) may have in store for me, and because of his maj...
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Have I put my trust in gold, calling fine gold, ‘My security’?
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Have I delighted in being rich, happy at all my wealth I had gained?
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and been tempted to secretly worship them by kissing my hand to them in devotion?
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Have I ever been happy when disaster destroyed those who hated me, or celebrated when evil took them...
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Haven't my family asked, ‘Is there anyone who has not eaten as much as they wanted of his food?’
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I have never let strangers sleep in the street; I have opened my doors to travelers.
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Have I concealed my sins from others, hiding my wrongdoing deep inside me?
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Was I afraid of what everybody else would think, scared of the contempt families would show me, so t...
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Why won't anyone listen to what I'm saying! I'm signing my name to endorse everything I've said. Let...
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I would hold them up high; I would wear them on my head like a crown.
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I would explain to him everything I'd done; I would hold my head high before him.
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If my land has cried out against me; if her furrows have wept over me;
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if I have taken its crops without payment or if I have caused harm to the farmers;
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then let thorns grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
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