Job 31

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
pepigi foedus cum oculis meis ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
quam enim partem haberet Deus in me desuper et hereditatem Omnipotens de excelsis
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
numquid non perditio est iniquo et alienatio operantibus iniustitiam
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
nonne ipse considerat vias meas et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
si ambulavi in vanitate et festinavit in dolo pes meus
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
adpendat me in statera iusta et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam
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;
si declinavit gressus meus de via et si secutum est oculos meos cor meum et in manibus meis adhesit macula
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
seram et alius comedat et progenies mea eradicetur
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
si deceptum est cor meum super mulierem et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
scortum sit alteri uxor mea et super illam incurventur alii
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
hoc enim nefas est et iniquitas maxima
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans et omnia eradicans genimina
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
si contempsi subire iudicium cum servo meo et ancillae meae cum disceptarent adversum me
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad iudicandum Deus et cum quaesierit quid respondebo illi
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
numquid non in utero fecit me qui et illum operatus est et formavit in vulva unus
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
si negavi quod volebant pauperibus et oculos viduae expectare feci
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
si comedi buccellam meam solus et non comedit pupillus ex ea
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio et de utero matris meae egressa est mecum
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
si despexi pereuntem eo quod non habuerit indumentum et absque operimento pauperem
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
si non benedixerunt mihi latera eius et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
si levavi super pupillum manum meam etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem
Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
umerus meus a iunctura sua cadat et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum et pondus eius ferre non potui
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
si putavi aurum robur meum et obrizae dixi fiducia mea
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
si laetatus sum super multis divitiis meis et quia plurima repperit manus mea
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
si vidi solem cum fulgeret et lunam incedentem clare
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
et lactatum est in abscondito cor meum et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
quae est iniquitas maxima et negatio contra Deum altissimum
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
si gavisus sum ad ruinam eius qui me oderat et exultavi quod invenisset eum malum
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum ut expeterem maledicens animam eius
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei quis det de carnibus eius ut saturemur
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
foris non mansit peregrinus ostium meum viatori patuit
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam et despectio propinquorum terruit me et non magis tacui nec egressus sum ostium
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
quis mihi tribuat auditorem ut desiderium meum Omnipotens audiat et librum scribat ipse qui iudicat
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
ut in umero meo portem illum et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum et quasi principi offeram eum
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
si adversum me terra mea clamat et cum ipsa sulci eius deflent
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
si fructus eius comedi absque pecunia et animam agricolarum eius adflixi
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus et pro hordeo spina finita sunt verba Iob