1	I made# a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think# upon a maid?
			2	For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
			3	Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers# of iniquity?
			4	Doth not he see# my ways, and count# all my steps?
			5	If I have walked# with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted# to deceit;
			6	Let me be weighed# in an even balance, that God may know# mine integrity. [Let...: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice]
			7	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;
			8	Then let me sow# , and let another eat# ; yea, let my offspring be rooted out# .
			9	If mine heart have been deceived# by a woman, or if I have laid wait# at my neighbour's door;
			10	Then let my wife grind# unto another, and let others bow down# upon her.
			11	For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
			12	For it is a fire that consumeth# to destruction, and would root out# all mine increase.
			13	If I did despise# the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
			14	What then shall I do# when God riseth up# ? and when he visiteth# , what shall I answer# him?
			15	Did not he that made# me in the womb make# him? and did not one fashion# us in the womb? [did not one...: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?]
			16	If I have withheld# the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail# ;
			17	Or have eaten# my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten# thereof;
			18	(For from my youth he was brought up# with me, as with a father, and I have guided# her from my mother's womb;) [her: that is, the widow]
			19	If I have seen# any perish# for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
			20	If his loins have not blessed# me, and if he were not warmed# with the fleece of my sheep;
			21	If I have lifted up# my hand against the fatherless, when I saw# my help in the gate:
			22	Then let mine arm fall# from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken# from the bone. [bone: or, chanelbone]
			23	For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could# not endure.
			24	If I have made# gold my hope, or have said# to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
			25	If I rejoiced# because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten# much; [gotten...: Heb. found much]
			26	If I beheld# the sun when it shined# , or the moon walking# in brightness; [sun: Heb. light] [in...: Heb. bright]
			27	And my heart hath been secretly enticed# , or my mouth hath kissed# my hand: [my mouth...: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth]
			28	This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied# the God that is above.
			29	If I rejoiced# at the destruction of him that hated# me, or lifted up# myself when evil found# him:
			30	Neither have I suffered# my mouth to sin# by wishing# a curse to his soul. [mouth: Heb. palate]
			31	If the men of my tabernacle said# not, Oh that we had# of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied# .
			32	The stranger did not lodge# in the street: but I opened# my doors to the traveller. [traveller: or, way]
			33	If I covered# my transgressions as Adam, by hiding# mine iniquity in my bosom: [as Adam: or, after the manner of men]
			34	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?
			35	Oh that# one would hear# me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer# me, and that mine adversary# had written# a book. [my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will]
			36	Surely I would take# it upon my shoulder, and bind# it as a crown to me.
			37	I would declare# unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near# unto him.
			38	If my land cry# against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain# ; [complain: Heb. weep]
			39	If I have eaten# the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose# their life: [fruits: Heb. strength] [the owners...: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out]
			40	Let thistles grow# instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended# . [cockle: or, noisome weeds]