Job 31:6

(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

In Context

5But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:

7if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;

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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.

Job 6:2Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!

Job 27:5Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,

Psalms 7:8And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this cause do thou return on high.

Psalms 26:1A Psalm of David, before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my Saviour; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Proverbs 16:11The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures.

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 →

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