Job 31:7-9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁷If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:

⁸Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.

⁹If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door:

Job 31:7-9

New International Version

⁷if my steps have turned from the path,^(A)
    if my heart has been led by my eyes,
    or if my hands^(B) have been defiled,^(C)
⁸then may others eat what I have sown,^(D)
    and may my crops be uprooted.^(E)

⁹“If my heart has been enticed^(F) by a woman,^(G)
or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

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Job 31:7-9

English Standard Version

⁷if my step has turned aside from the way
    and ^(A)my heart has gone after my eyes,
    and if any ^(B)spot has stuck to my hands,
⁸then let me ^(C)sow, and another eat,
    and let what grows for me^[a] be rooted out.