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New King James Version (NKJV)

Job 31
²⁹ "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him
³⁰ (Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul);
³¹ If the men of my tent have not said, ’Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’
³² (But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler);
³³ If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
³⁴ Because I feared the great multitude, And dreaded the contempt of families, So that I kept silence And did not go out of the door--
³⁵ Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor had written a book!
³⁶ Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me like a crown;
³⁷ I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him.
³⁸ "If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;
³⁹ If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or caused its owners to lose their lives;