Verse 20
Job 31:20
English Revised Version
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If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם לֹ֣א בֵרֲכ֣וּ/נִי חלצ/ו חֲלָצָ֑י/ו וּ/מִ/גֵּ֥ז כְּ֝בָשַׂ/י יִתְחַמָּֽם
English Translation
If they do not bless me, my loins will burn and from the fleece of my sheep he will be heated.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 31 Context
1
I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?
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For what is the portion of God (Elohim) from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
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Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
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Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?
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If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit;
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(Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God (Elohim) may know mine integrity;)
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If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath c...
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Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
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9
If mine heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door:
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Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
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For that were an heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
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For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
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13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me:
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What then shall I do when God (Elohim) riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
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15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
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16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
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(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother’s...
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19
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
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If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate:
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Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
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For calamity from God (Elohim) was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I could do nothin...
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24
If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
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If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
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If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
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And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand:
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This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: for I should have lied to God (Elohim) that...
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If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;
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(Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)
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31
If the men of my tent said not, Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his flesh?
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32
The stranger did not lodge in the street; but I opened my doors to the traveller;
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33
If like Adam I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom;
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34
Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept sile...
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35
Oh that I had one to hear me! (lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me;) and that I had...
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Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
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37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
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38
If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;
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If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their li...
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Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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