Job’s Final Appeal
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. Jas 1:14-15Mat 5:28-291Jn 2:16Psa 119:37Pro 6:252Sa 11:2-4Pro 4:25Gen 6:2
How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
For what is the allotment of God from above, Job 20:29Heb 13:4Job 27:13
or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Does not disaster come to the unjust Job 21:30Job 34:221Th 5:32Pe 2:12Th 1:9Isa 28:21Jud 1:7Mat 7:13
and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
Does He not see my ways Job 34:212Ch 16:9Pro 5:21Job 14:16Jer 32:19Pro 15:3Jer 16:17Psa 139:1-3
and count my every step?
If I have walked in falsehood Pro 12:11Psa 44:20-21Ezk 13:8Jer 2:5Mic 2:11Psa 12:2Psa 4:2Psa 7:3-5
or my foot has rushed to deceit,
let God weigh me with honest scales, Dan 5:27Psa 7:8-91Sa 2:3Isa 26:7Mat 7:23Job 27:5-6Job 6:2Jos 22:22
that He may know my integrity.
If my steps have turned from the path, Num 15:39Ecc 11:9Mat 5:29Ezk 14:3Ezk 14:7Ezk 6:9Isa 33:15Job 23:11
if my heart has followed my eyes,
or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
then may another eat what I have sown, Lev 26:16Mic 6:15Deu 28:38Deu 28:30-33Deu 28:51Jdg 6:3-6Job 15:30Job 18:19
and may my crops be uprooted.
If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, 1Ki 11:4Ecc 7:26Jdg 16:5Hos 7:4Jer 5:8Job 24:15-16Neh 13:26Pro 2:16-19
or I have lurked at his door,
then may my own wife grind grain for another, Jer 8:102Sa 12:11Deu 28:30Isa 47:2Exo 11:5Hos 4:13-14Mat 24:41
and may other men sleep with her.
For that would be a heinous crime, Lev 20:10Deu 22:22-24Job 31:28Gen 38:24Exo 20:14Ezk 16:38Gen 20:9Pro 6:29-33
an iniquity to be judged.
For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; 1 Pro 6:27Jer 5:7-9Heb 13:4Job 15:30Job 20:28Job 26:6Mal 3:5Pro 3:33
it would root out my entire harvest.
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant Col 4:1Deu 15:12-15Deu 24:14-15Eph 6:9Exo 21:20-21Exo 21:26-27Jer 34:14-17Lev 25:43
when they made a complaint against me,
what will I do when God rises to judge? Jas 2:13Psa 10:12-15Psa 44:21Psa 9:12Psa 9:19Rom 3:19Zec 2:13Hos 9:7
How will I answer when called to account?
Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Pro 14:31Job 34:19Mal 2:10Pro 22:2Job 10:8-12Isa 58:7Job 10:3Neh 5:5
Did not the same One form us in the womb?
If I have denied the desires of the poor Deu 15:7-10Isa 38:14Act 11:29Deu 28:32Gal 2:10Job 20:19Job 22:7-9Job 5:16
or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
if I have eaten my morsel alone, 1Jn 3:17Act 4:32Deu 15:11Deu 15:14Ezk 18:16Ezk 18:7Jas 1:27Jhn 13:29
not sharing it with the fatherless—
though from my youth I reared him as would a father,
and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, Job 22:61Jn 3:182Ch 28:15Act 9:39Isa 58:7Jas 2:16Job 24:4Job 29:13
or a needy man without a cloak,
if his heart has not blessed me 2 Deu 24:13Job 29:11
for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless Job 22:9Job 29:12Ezk 22:7Jer 5:28Job 24:9Job 6:27Mic 2:1-2Mic 7:3
because I saw that I had support in the gate,
then may my arm fall from my shoulder Job 31:10Job 31:40Job 38:15Jos 22:22-23Psa 137:6Psa 7:4-5
and be torn from its socket.
For calamity from God terrifies me, Job 13:11Psa 119:1202Co 5:11Isa 13:6Psa 76:7Gen 39:9Job 20:23Job 21:20
and His splendor I cannot overpower.
If I have put my trust in gold Deu 8:12-14Pro 11:28Psa 49:6-7Psa 52:71Ti 6:101Ti 6:17Luk 12:15Pro 10:15
or called pure gold my security,
if I have rejoiced in my great wealth Psa 62:10Dan 4:30Deu 8:17-18Est 5:11Ezk 28:5Hab 1:16Hos 12:8Isa 10:13-14
because my hand had gained so much,
if I have beheld the sun 3in its radiance Ezk 8:16Deu 4:19Deu 17:32Ki 23:112Ki 23:5Jer 44:17Jer 8:2Deu 11:16
or the moon moving in splendor,
so that my heart was secretly enticed Deu 13:6Deu 11:161Ki 19:18Hos 13:2Isa 44:20Psa 2:12Rom 1:21Rom 1:28
and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
this would also be an iniquity to be judged, Deu 17:2-7Job 31:11Psa 50:6Deu 17:9Gen 18:25Jdg 11:27Job 23:7Job 9:15
for I would have denied God on high.
If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, Pro 24:17-18Pro 17:5Oba 1:12Psa 35:13-14Psa 35:25-262Sa 1:122Sa 16:5-82Sa 4:10-11
or exulted when evil befell him—
I have not allowed my mouth to sin 1Pe 3:9Rom 12:141Pe 2:22-23Exo 23:4-5Jas 3:9-10Mat 5:22Mat 5:43-44Ecc 5:2
by asking for his life with a curse—
if the men of my house have not said, 1Sa 24:101Sa 24:41Sa 26:82Sa 16:9-102Sa 19:21-22Jer 40:15-16Job 19:22Job 22:7
‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
but no stranger had to lodge on the street, Heb 13:2Gen 19:2-3Jdg 19:20-211Pe 4:9Isa 58:7Mat 25:35Rom 12:131Ti 5:10
for my door has been open to the traveler—
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam 4 Pro 28:13Act 5:81Jn 1:8-10Gen 3:12Hos 6:7Jos 7:11Gen 3:7-8
by hiding my guilt in my heart,
because I greatly feared the crowds Exo 23:2Pro 29:252Co 5:16Amo 5:11-13Est 4:11Est 4:14Exo 32:27Jer 38:16
and the contempt of the clans terrified me,
so that I kept silent
and would not go outside—
(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Job 13:21-22Job 40:4-5Job 13:24Job 13:3Job 17:3Job 19:23-24Job 19:7Job 23:3-7
Here is my signature.
Let the Almighty answer me;
let my accuser compose an indictment.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder Isa 22:22Exo 28:12Isa 62:3Job 29:14Php 4:1
and wear it like a crown.
I would give account of all my steps; Job 13:15Eph 3:12Heb 4:15-161Jn 3:19-21Gen 32:28Job 1:3Job 14:16Job 29:25
I would approach Him like a prince.)—
if my land cries out against me Hab 2:11Jas 5:4Job 20:27Psa 65:13
and its furrows weep together,
if I have devoured its produce without payment 1Ki 21:19Jas 5:41Ki 21:13-16Ezk 22:12-13Ezk 22:6Gen 4:12Isa 26:21Pro 1:19
or broken the spirit of its tenants,
then let briers grow instead of wheat Gen 3:17-18Isa 7:23Mal 1:3Psa 72:20Zep 2:9
and stinkweed instead of barley.”
Thus conclude the words of Job.