Job 31:1–12

I amade a covenant with mine beyes;

cWhy then should ccI think upon a maid?

2  For what dportion of God is there from above?

And what dinheritance of the Almighty from eon high?

3  Is not destruction to the wicked?

And fa strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

4  gDoth not he see my ways,

And hcount 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.

7  If my step hath turned out of the way,

And imine heart walked after mine eyes,

And if any kblot hath cleaved to mine hands;

8  Then llet me sow, and let another eat;

Yea, let my moffspring be rooted out.

9  If nmine heart have been deceived by a woman,

Or if oI have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;

10  Then let my wife pgrind unto another,

And let qothers bow down upon her.

11  For this is an rheinous crime;

Yea, it is san iniquity tto be punished by the judges.

12  For it is ua fire that consumeth to vdestruction,

And would root out all mine increase.