Job 31:7
If my steps have turned aside from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if a blemish has clung to my hands,
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6let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
8then may I sow, and let another consume, and let my offspring be eradicated.
Cross References
Job 9:30If I had been washed with snow-like waters, and my hands were shining like the cleanest thing,
Job 17:9And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.
Job 27:5Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
Psalms 7:4O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this:
Psalms 101:3Do not turn your face away from me. In whatever day that I am in trouble, incline your ear to me. In whatever day that I will call upon you, heed me quickly.
Isaiah 33:15The one who walks in justice and speaks the truth, who casts out avarice with oppression and shakes all bribes from his hands, who blocks his ears so that he may not listen to blood, and closes his eyes so that he may not see evil.
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 →