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The Holy Bible in Modern English. Revised Edition.
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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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RF JOB 31:1 Yet a treaty I made with my eyes
That I never would look on a maid;
RF JOB 31:2 Else what part could I have in High God,
Or share in th' Almighty above?
RF JOB 31:3 Do not the depraved meet distress,
And to practice such vices estrange?
RF JOB 31:4 Would He not have looked on my ways,
And reckoned up every step?
RF JOB 31:5 Yet if I have walked with the vile
And my footsteps have run to seduce,
RF JOB 31:6 Let Him weigh me in scales that are just;
Then God will acknowledge my truth!
RF JOB 31:7 If my eyes have turned towards that road,
And my heart has gone after my eyes,
RF JOB 31:8 And defilement has stuck to my hand,
Let me sow what another will eat,
And my crops be pulled up by the roots!
RF JOB 31:9 If my heart was seducing a wife,
If I watched at the door of my friend,
RF JOB 31:10 For another then let my wife grind,
And strangers be lying with her!
RF JOB 31:11 For that is a cowardly crime
And a wrong for the judges to brand,
RF JOB 31:12 And a fire, consuming to Hell,
Which would root up the whole I produced.
RF JOB 31:13 If I refused right to my slave,
Or my waitress, disputing with me,
RF JOB 31:14 Then what could I do when God rose,
And when He enquired, what say?
RF JOB 31:15 He formed them in the breast like myself,
And constructed alike in the womb.
RF JOB 31:16 If I turned from the plea of the poor, it
Or the eyes of the widow made fail;
RF JOB 31:17 If I ate of my morsel alone,
And the orphan shared not of the same;—
RF JOB 31:18 —Like a father I nourished his youth;
Her, I helped from my own mother's breast—
RF JOB 31:19 If I looked on a tramp without clothes,
Or the wretched without any cloak;
RF JOB 31:20 If his joints were not thankful to me
When warmed by the fleece of my sheep;
RF JOB 31:21 If I raised up my hand on the weak,
When I looked on my power in the Court;
RF JOB 31:22 Let my shoulder fall off from its blade,
And my arm at its socket be broke!
RF JOB 31:23 For the reverence of God was on me,
And I would not resist His decrees.
RF JOB 31:24 If my trust I have placed in my gold
Or said, "I rely on my hoards";
RF JOB 31:25 If glad that my wealth was so great
And that treasure was found by my hand;
RF JOB 31:26 If I looked on the sun when it shone,
Or on the bright moon in her walk;
RF JOB 31:27 And in secret my heart was seduced,
And my hand I have kissed to her face,
RF JOB 31:28 That also I knew to be wrong,—
A denial of God the Supreme!
RF JOB 31:29 If I joyed at the death of my foe,
If pleased when he met with distress,
RF JOB 31:30 Or gave up my palate to sin
By asking a curse on his life;
RF JOB 31:31 If the men of my tent ever said,
"Who will give us his meat in our need?"
RF JOB 31:32 No stranger lodged outside my court,
To the trav'ler my doors were unclosed;
RF JOB 31:33 Had I hidden, like Adam, my fault,
Concealing my sin in my breast,
RF JOB 31:34 As though I had fear of the crowd,
Dismayed by contempt of the mass,
And dare not go out of my door;
RF JOB 31:35 Who will grant me to listen to me?
How I wish the Almighty would speak,
Or my enemy write in a book;
RF JOB 31:36 I could carry it then on my back,
I could place on my head as a wreath,
RF JOB 31:37 I could tell Him the tale of my steps,
I would go up to Him like a prince!
RF JOB 31:38 If my land has shrieked out against me
And its furrows together lament;
RF JOB 31:39 If I ate of its fruits without pay,
And sneered at its owner's demands,—
RF JOB 31:40 Let thistles spring up, and not wheat,
And instead of the barley, vile weeds!
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1 Note.—Ch. 31, verses 38 to 40 must be inserted between verses 34 and 35 of the common reading, as they have been misplaced by some ancient transcriber, and destroy the proper form of Job's sublime defence as they are now ordinarily printed—F.F.




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