Job 31:1-12

English Standard Version

Job's Final Appeal

31 “I have made a covenant with my ^(A)eyes;
    how then could I gaze at a virgin?
²What would be ^(B)my portion from God above
    and ^(C)my heritage from the Almighty on high?
³Is not calamity for the unrighteous,
    and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
⁴^(D)Does not he see my ways
    and ^(E)number all my steps?

⁵“If I have walked with falsehood
    and my foot has hastened to deceit;
⁶(Let me be ^(F)weighed in a just balance,
    and let God know my integrity!)
⁷if my step has turned aside from the way
    and ^(G)my heart has gone after my eyes,
    and if any ^(H)spot has stuck to my hands,
⁸then let me ^(I)sow, and another eat,
    and let what grows for me^[a] be rooted out.

⁹“If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
    and I have ^(J)lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
¹⁰then let my wife ^(K)grind for another,
    and let others ^(L)bow down on her.
¹¹For that would be a heinous crime;
    that would be an iniquity ^(M)to be punished by the judges;
¹²for that would be a fire ^(N)that consumes as far as Abaddon,
    and it would burn to the root all my increase.