Job 31:5
But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
In Context
4Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?
6(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)
Cross References
Joshua 22:22God even God is the Lord, and God even God himself knows, and Israel he shall know; if we have transgressed before the Lord by apostasy, let him not deliver us this day.
Psalms 7:3Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.
Psalms 26:4One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek: that I should dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey his temple.
Proverbs 12:11a He that enjoys himself in banquets of wine, shall leave dishonour in his own strong holds.
Ezekiel 13:8And therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; Because your words are false, and your prophecies are vain, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the 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 →