Job 1:8, 16:17, 23:11-12, 27:5-6, 29:12-17, Job 31 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord said to Satan , Have you considered my servant Job , that there is none like him on the earth , a blameless and upright man , who fears God and turns away from evil ?

Job 1:8

8 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you ^aconsidered my ^bservant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, ^ca blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”

Job 16:17

17 although there is no ^dviolence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.

Job 23:11-12

11 My foot ^ehas held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have ^fnot turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have ^gtreasured the words of his mouth more than my ^hportion of food.

Job 27:5-6

5 Far be it from me to say that you are right;
till I die I will not put away my ⁱintegrity from me.
6 I ^jhold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
my heart does not ^kreproach me for any of my days.

Job 29:12-17

12 because I ^ldelivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 ^mThe blessing of him who was ⁿabout to perish came upon me,
and I caused ^othe widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I ^pput on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and ^qa turban.
15 I was ^reyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out ^sthe cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I ^tbroke ^uthe fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

Job 31

Job’s Final Appeal

1 “I have made a covenant with my ^veyes;
how then could I gaze at a virgin?
2 What would be ^wmy portion from God above
and ^xmy heritage from the Almighty on high?
3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous,
and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
4 ^yDoes not he see my ways
and ^znumber all my steps?
5 “If I have walked with falsehood
and my foot has hastened to deceit;
6 (Let me be ^aaweighed in a just balance,
and let God know my integrity!)
7 if my step has turned aside from the way
and ^abmy heart has gone after my eyes,
and if any ^acspot has stuck to my hands,
8 then let me ^adsow, and another eat,
and let what grows for me ^{▼▼Or let my descendants} be rooted out.
9 “If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
and I have ^aflain in wait at my neighbor’s door,
10 then let my wife ^aggrind for another,
and let others ^ahbow down on her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime;
that would be an iniquity ^aito be punished by the judges;
12 for that would be a fire ^ajthat consumes as far as Abaddon,
and it would burn to the root all my increase.
13 “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,
when they brought a complaint against me,
14 what then shall I do when God rises up?
When he ^akmakes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
15 Did ^alnot he who made me in the womb make him?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 “If I have ^amwithheld anything that the poor desired,
or have ^ancaused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless ^{▼▼Hebrew he} grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow ^{▼▼Hebrew her}),
19 if I have seen anyone ^aqperish for ^arlack of clothing,
or the needy without ^ascovering,
20 if his body has not ^atblessed me, ^{▼▼Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me}
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against ^avthe fatherless,
because I saw my help in ^awthe gate,
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
and let my arm be broken from its socket.
23 For I was ^axin terror of calamity from God,
and I could not have faced his ^aymajesty.
24 ^az“If I have made gold my ^batrust
or called ^bbfine gold my confidence,
25 if I have ^bcrejoiced because my wealth was abundant
or because ^bdmy hand had found much,
26 ^beif I have looked at the sun ^{▼▼Hebrew the light} when it shone,
or ^bgthe moon moving in splendor,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28 this also would be ^bhan iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I would have been false to God above.
29 “If I have ^birejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
or exulted when evil overtook him
30 ( ^bjI have not let my mouth sin
by asking for his life with a curse),
31 if the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been filled with his ^bkmeat?’
32 ( ^blthe sojourner has not lodged in the street;
I have opened my doors to the traveler),
33 if I ^bmhave concealed my transgressions ^bnas others do ^{▼▼Or as Adam did}
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34 because I stood in great fear of ^bpthe multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—
35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty ^bqanswer me!)
Oh, that I had ^brthe indictment written by my adversary!
36 Surely I would carry it on my ^bsshoulder;
I would ^btbind it on me as ^bua crown;
37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.
38 “If my land has cried out against me
and its furrows have wept together,
39 ^bvif I have eaten its yield without payment
and made its owners ^bwbreathe their last,
40 let ^bxthorns grow instead of wheat,
and foul weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.