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The Book of Job, Chapter 31, Verse 7

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Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
King James Version
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;
American Standard Version
If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:
New English Translation
If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,
World English Bible
if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
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[Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
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If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
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[Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
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For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.
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For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
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If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
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What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
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Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
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If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;