Job 31:5
If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit —
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
In Context
4Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps?
6Let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know mine integrity —
Cross References
Joshua 22:22'God, God, the LORD, God, God, the LORD, He knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in treachery against the LORD — save Thou us not this day —
Psalms 7:3(7-4) O 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; neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his ground shall have plenty of bread; but he that followeth after vain things is void of understanding.
Ezekiel 13:8Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
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 →