{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/job/31","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T04:55:21.961Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":31,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":30,"nextChapter":32,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":40},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"(Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"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!"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 31 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 31](https://primebible.com/asv/job/31)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/31 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}