Job 31:5
If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
In Context
4Does he not see my ways, and number all my steps?
6(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
Cross References
Joshua 22:22The Mighty One, God, LORD, the Mighty One, God, LORD, he knows, and Israel he shall know, if it is in rebellion, or if in trespass against LORD (do not save us this day),
Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands,
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with men of falsehood, nor will I go in with dissemblers.
Proverbs 12:11He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
Ezekiel 13:8Therefore thus says lord LORD: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, says lord LORD.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:2-9
Job's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 1520.) 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? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath… Read the whole commentary →