Verse 17
Job 31:17
World Messianic Bible
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or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֹכַ֣ל פִּתִּ֣/י לְ/בַדִּ֑/י וְ/לֹא אָכַ֖ל יָת֣וֹם מִמֶּֽ/נָּה
English Translation
And I will eat my bread alone, and the orphan did not eat from it.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 31 Context
1
“I made a covenant with my eyes,
how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
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2
For what is the portion from God (Elohim) above,
and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
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3
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous,
and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
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Doesn’t he see my ways,
and count all my steps?
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“If I have walked with falsehood,
and my foot has hurried to deceit
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(let me be weighed in an even balance,
that God (Elohim) may know my integrity);
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if my step has turned out of the way,
if my heart walked after my eyes,
if any defilement has stuck...
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then let me sow, and let another eat.
Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
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“If my heart has been enticed to a woman,
and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
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then let my wife grind for another,
and let others sleep with her.
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For that would be a heinous crime.
Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
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For it is a fire that consumes to destruction,
and would root out all my increase.
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“If I have despised the cause of my male servant
or of my female servant,
when they contended with m...
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14
What then shall I do when God (Elohim) rises up?
When he visits, what shall I answer him?
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15
Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him?
Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
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“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 has not eaten of it
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(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
her I have guided from my mother’s womb);
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if I have seen any perish for want of clothing,
or that the needy had no covering;
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if his heart hasn’t blessed me,
if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
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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 my arm be broken from the bone.
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For calamity from God (Elohim) is a terror to me.
Because his majesty, I can do nothing.
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24
“If I have made gold my hope,
and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
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If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,
and because my hand had gotten much;
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if I have seen the sun when it shined,
or the moon moving in splendor,
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and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
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this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
for I should have denied the God (Elohi...
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29
“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
or lifted up myself when evil found him
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(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin
by asking his life with a curse);
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if the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
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(the foreigner has not camped in the street,
but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
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if like Adam I have covered my transgressions,
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
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because I feared the great multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept sile...
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oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!
Let the accu...
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Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;
and I would bind it to me as a crown.
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I would declare to him the number of my steps.
as a prince would I go near to him.
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If my land cries out against me,
and its furrows weep together;
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if I have eaten its fruits without money,
or have caused its owners to lose their life,
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let briers grow instead of wheat,
and stinkweed instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
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