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I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Ek het ’n verbond met my oë gemaak; waarom sou ek dan op ’n maagd dink?
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For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Want wat is die deel van God van bo, en die erfenis van die Almagtige van die hoogte?
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[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
Is nie vernietiging vir die goddelose, en ‚'n vreemde straf vir die werkers van ongeregtigheid nie?
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Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Sien Hy nie my weë nie, en tel Hy nie al my treë nie?
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If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
As ek in ydelheid gewandel het, of as my voet haastig tot bedrog was;
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Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
Laat my in ‚'n gelyke skaal geweeg word, dat God my opregtheid mag weet.
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If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
As my tree van die weg afgewyk het, en my hart agter my oë aangevolg het, en as enige smet aan my hande gekleef het;
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[Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
Laat my dan saai, en ‚'n ander eet; ja, laat my nageslag ontwortel word.
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If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
As my hart deur ’n vrou verlei is, of as ek by my naaste se deur gelê het;
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[Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Laat dan my vrou vir ‚'n ander maal, en laat ander op haar neerkniel.
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For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.
Want dit is ‚'n gruwelike misdaad; ja, dit is ‚'n ongeregtigheid wat deur die regters gestraf word.
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For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Want dit is ‚'n vuur wat tot die vernietiging verteer, en alle toename sou uitgeruk het.
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If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
As ek die saak van my dienskneg of van my diensmaagd verag het, wanneer hulle met my getwis het;
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What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Wat sou ek dan doen wanneer God opstaan? en wanneer Hy besoek, wat sou ek Hom antwoord?
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Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Het Hy wat my in die baarmoeder gemaak het, nie hom ook gemaak nie? en het nie een ons in die baarmoeder berei nie?
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If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
As ek die arme van hulle begeerte weerhou het, of die oë van die weduwee laat begewe het;
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Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Of my stuk brood alleen geëet het, en die wees daarvan nie geëet het nie;
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(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
(Want van my jeug af is hy by my grootgemaak soos by ‚'n vader, en ek het haar van my moeder se baarmoeder af gelei;)
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If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
As ek iemand sien omkom by gebrek aan klere, of enige arme sonder bedekking;
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If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
As sy lendene my nie geseën het nie, en as hy nie met die vlies van my skape verwarm is nie;
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If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
As ek my hand teen die wees opgehef het, toe ek hulp in die poort gesien het:
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[Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Laat dan my skouer van die skouerblad val, en laat my arm van die been afgebreek word.
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For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Want vernietiging van God was ’n verskrikking vir my, en vanweë sy hoogheid kon ek nie verduur nie.
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If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
As ek my hoop op goud gestel het, of aan die fyn goud gesê het, Jy is my vertroue;
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If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
As ek my vrolik gemaak het omdat my rykdom groot was, en omdat my hand baie verkry het;
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If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;
As ek die son gesien het toe dit geskyn het, of die maan in helderheid wandelend;
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And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
En my hart in die geheim verlei is, of my mond my hand gesoen het:
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This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.
Dit sou ook ’n ongeregtigheid wees wat deur die regters gestraf word: want ek sou die God wat bo is, verloën het.
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If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
As ek my vrolik gemaak het by die vernietiging van hom wat my gehaat het, of myself verhef het toe die onheil hom oorgekom het:
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Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
En ek het nie toegelaat dat my mond sonde doen deur ‚'n vloek op sy siel te wens nie.
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If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
As die manne van my tent nie gesê het nie, Ag, dat ons van sy vlees gehad het! ons kan nie versadig word nie.
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The stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened my doors to the traveller.
Die vreemdeling het nie in die straat oornag nie: maar ek het my deure vir die reisiger oopgemaak.
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If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
As ek my oortredings soos Adam bedek het, deur my ongeregtigheid in my boesem te verberg:
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Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door?
Het ek dan die groot menigte gevrees, of het die veragting van families my verskrik, dat ek stilgehou, en nie by die deur uitgegaan het nie?
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Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.
Ag, dat iemand my sou hoor! kyk, my begeerte is, dat die Almagtige my sou antwoord, en dat my teëstander ’n boek sou skrywe.
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Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.
Sekerlik sou ek dit op my skouer dra, en dit as ‚'n kroon aan my bind.
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I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
Ek sou aan Hom die getal van my treë verklaar; soos ’n vorste sou ek naderkom tot Hom.
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If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
As my land teen my roep, of dat die vooré daarvan saam ween;
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If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
As ek die vrugte daarvan sonder geld geëet het, of die eienaars daarvan die lewe ontneem het:
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Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Laat distels in plaas van koring voortkom, en onkruid in plaas van gars. Die woorde van Job is geëindig.