1 [Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine. 2 Quam enim partem haberet in me Deus desuper, et hæreditatem Omnipotens de excelsis? 3 Numquid non perditio est iniquo, et alienatio operantibus injustitiam? 4 Nonne ipse considerat vias meas, et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat? 5 Si ambulavi in vanitate, et festinavit in dolo pes meus, 6 appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam. 7 Si declinavit gressus meus de via, et si secutum est oculos meos cor meum, et si manibus meis adhæsit macula, 8 seram, et alius comedat, et progenies mea eradicetur. 9 Si deceptum est cor meum super muliere, et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum, 10 scortum alterius sit uxor mea, et super illam incurventur alii. 11 Hoc enim nefas est, et iniquitas maxima. 12 Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina. 13 Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea, cum disceptarent adversum me: 14 quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus? et cum quæsierit, quid respondebo illi? 15 Numquid non in utero fecit me, qui et illum operatus est, et formavit me in vulva unus? 16 Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, et oculos viduæ expectare feci; 17 si comedi buccellam meam solus, et non comedit pupillus ex ea 18 (quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum); 19 si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum, et absque operimento pauperem; 20 si non benedixerunt mihi latera ejus, et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est; 21 si levavi super pupillum manum meam, etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem: 22 humerus meus a junctura sua cadat, et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur. 23 Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum, et pondus ejus ferre non potui. 24 Si putavi aurum robur meum, et obrizo dixi: Fiducia mea; 25 si lætatus sum super multis divitiis meis, et quia plurima reperit manus mea; 26 si vidi solem cum fulgeret, et lunam incedentem clare, 27 et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum, et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo: 28 quæ est iniquitas maxima, et negatio contra Deum altissimum. 29 Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum: 30 non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum, ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus. 31 Si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei: Quis det de carnibus ejus, ut saturemur? 32 foris non mansit peregrinus: ostium meum viatori patuit. 33 Si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum, et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam; 34 si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam, et despectio propinquorum terruit me: et non magis tacui, nec egressus sum ostium. 35 Quis mihi tribuat auditorem, ut desiderium meum audiat Omnipotens, et librum scribat ipse qui judicat, 36 ut in humero meo portem illum, et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi? 37 Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum, et quasi principi offeram eum. 38 Si adversum me terra mea clamat, et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent: 39 si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia, et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi: 40 pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, et pro hordeo spina.] Finita sunt verba Job.
Job 31 Clementine Vulgate
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- 1 James 1:14–15; Matthew 5:28–29; Psalm 119:37; 1 John 2:16; Proverbs 6:25
- 2 Job 20:29; Job 27:13; Hebrews 13:4
- 3 Job 21:30; Job 34:22; Matthew 7:13; Isaiah 28:21; Psalm 55:23
- 4 Job 34:21; Proverbs 5:21; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Job 14:16; Proverbs 15:3
- 5 Psalm 44:20–21; Proverbs 12:11; Psalm 12:2; Jeremiah 2:5; Ezekiel 13:8
- 6 Psalm 7:8–9; Daniel 5:27; 1 Samuel 2:3; Matthew 7:23; Isaiah 26:7
- 7 Numbers 15:39; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Matthew 5:29; Job 23:11; Psalm 44:20–21
- 8 Leviticus 26:16; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:38; Judges 6:3–6; Job 18:19
- 9 1 Kings 11:4; Judges 16:5; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 2:16–19; Jeremiah 5:8
- 10 Jeremiah 8:10; Deuteronomy 28:30; 2 Samuel 12:11; Isaiah 47:2; Exodus 11:5
- 11 Leviticus 20:10; Job 31:28; Deuteronomy 22:22–24; Genesis 38:24; Ezekiel 16:38
- 12 Proverbs 6:27; Jeremiah 5:7–9; Hebrews 13:4; Job 26:6; Job 20:28
- 13 Leviticus 25:43; Deuteronomy 24:14–15; Exodus 21:20–21; Jeremiah 34:14–17; Leviticus 25:46
- 14 James 2:13; Psalm 44:21; Psalm 9:12; Zechariah 2:13; Psalm 10:12–15
- 15 Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 22:2; Malachi 2:10; Job 34:19; Job 10:8–12
- 16 Deuteronomy 15:7–10; Isaiah 38:14; Lamentations 4:17; Deuteronomy 28:32; Galatians 2:10
- 17 Ezekiel 18:16; Nehemiah 8:10; Acts 4:32; Luke 11:41; James 1:27
- 19 Job 22:6; 1 John 3:18; Acts 9:39; Matthew 25:36; 2 Chronicles 28:15
- 20 Deuteronomy 24:13; Job 29:11
- 21 Job 22:9; Job 29:12; Ezekiel 22:7; Micah 7:3; Jeremiah 5:28
- 22 Job 31:40; Job 31:10; Psalm 137:6; Job 38:15; Joshua 22:22–23
- 23 Job 13:11; Psalm 119:120; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Psalm 76:7; Isaiah 13:6
- 24 Psalm 52:7; Deuteronomy 8:12–14; Proverbs 11:28; Psalm 49:6–7; 1 Timothy 6:10
- 25 Psalm 62:10; Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Jeremiah 9:23; Luke 12:19; Ezekiel 28:5
- 26 Ezekiel 8:16; Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 17:3; 2 Kings 23:11; Jeremiah 8:2
- 27 Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 11:16; Psalm 2:12; Isaiah 44:20; 1 Kings 19:18
- 28 Deuteronomy 17:2–7; Job 31:11; Psalm 50:6; Job 9:15; Joshua 24:27
- 29 Proverbs 24:17–18; Proverbs 17:5; Psalm 35:13–14; Obadiah 12; Psalm 35:25–26
- 30 1 Peter 3:9; Romans 12:14; Matthew 5:43–44; Matthew 5:22; James 3:9–10
- 31 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 19:21–22; Job 19:22; Proverbs 1:18
- 32 Hebrews 13:2; Genesis 19:2–3; Judges 19:20–21; Romans 12:13; Matthew 25:35
- 33 Proverbs 28:13; Acts 5:8; Genesis 3:12; Hosea 6:7; 1 John 1:8–10
- 34 Exodus 23:2; Proverbs 29:25; Proverbs 24:11–12; Nehemiah 13:28; Exodus 32:27
- 35 Job 40:4–5; Job 13:21–22; Job 23:3–7; Job 13:3; Job 35:14
- 36 Isaiah 22:22; Isaiah 62:3; Exodus 28:12; Job 29:14; Philippians 4:1
- 37 Job 13:15; Ephesians 3:12; Hebrews 4:15–16; Job 29:25; Job 42:3–6
- 38 Habakkuk 2:11; Psalm 65:13; James 5:4; Job 20:27
- 39 1 Kings 21:19; James 5:4; 1 Kings 21:13–16; Ezekiel 22:6; Isaiah 26:21
- 40 Genesis 3:17–18; Malachi 1:3; Psalm 72:20; Isaiah 7:23; Zephaniah 2:9
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And what is more, when he had them they were no joy to him: so he also declared, saying, "If I did so much as rejoice when my wealth waxed great:" wherefore neither did he grieve when it was gone.
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And if thou wouldest also hear of his strivings after continence, hearken to him when he saith, "I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I should not think upon a maid." For this cause his wife did not break his spirit, for he loved her even before this, not however immoderately, but as is due to a wife.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)