{"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/kjv/job/31","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T02:35:43.949Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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; why then should I think upon a maid?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For what portion of God <i>is there</i> from above? and <i>what</i> inheritance of the Almighty from on high?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"<i>Is</i> not destruction to the wicked? and a strange <i>punishment</i> to the workers of iniquity?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If I have walked with vanity, or if 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 mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"<i>Then</i> let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or <i>if</i> I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"<i>Then</i> let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For this <i>is</i> an heinous crime; yea, it <i>is</i> an iniquity <i>to be punished by</i> the judges."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For it <i>is</i> a fire <i>that</i> consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, 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 <i>their</i> desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as <i>with</i> a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"If his loins have not blessed me, and <i>if</i> he were <i>not</i> warmed with the fleece of my sheep;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"<i>Then</i> let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For destruction <i>from</i> God <i>was</i> a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, <i>Thou art</i> my confidence;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"If I rejoiced because my wealth <i>was</i> great, and because mine hand had gotten much;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking <i>in</i> brightness;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"This also <i>were</i> an iniquity <i>to be punished by</i> the judge: for I should have denied the God <i>that is</i> above."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"The stranger did not lodge in the street: <i>but</i> I opened my doors to the traveller."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, <i>and</i> went not out of the door?"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire <i>is, that</i> the Almighty would answer me, and <i>that</i> mine adversary had written a book."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, <i>and</i> bind it <i>as</i> a crown to me."},{"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 cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;"},{"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 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 31](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/31)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/31 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}