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The Book of Job, Chapter 30, Verse 31

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My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
King James Version
My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
American Standard Version
Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
New English Translation
My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.
World English Bible
Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.
1
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2
For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3
[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
4
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
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If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
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Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
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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;
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[Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
10
[Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.