Job 31:6
Let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know mine integrity —
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
In Context
5If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit —
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 —
Job 6:2Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!
Job 27:5Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
Psalms 7:8(7-9) O LORD, who ministerest judgment to the peoples, judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Psalms 26:1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Proverbs 16:11A just balance and scales are the LORD'S; all the weights of the bag are His work.
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 →