Holy Scripture
Job 31:3
A church father on this verse
“Is not destruction to the wicked? and estrangement to the workers of iniquity? The speedy comforting of the good is the end of the wicked had regard to. For while by the destruction of those they see the evil that they escape, they account as light whatever of adversity they undergo in this life. So then let the lost…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, And rejection to them that do iniquity.
Modern
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In context
1I made a covenant with mine eyes, And I will not think upon a virgin.
2Now what portion has God given from above? And is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?
— Job 31:3 —
4Will he not see my way, And number all my steps?
5But if I had gone with scorners, And if too my foot has hastened to deceit