Job 31:5
[And knoweth] whether I have walked with vain desires, or if my foot hath hastened after deceit.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
In Context
4Behold, he truly seeth my ways, and numbereth all my steps;
6Let him weigh me then in a righteous balance, and let God acknowledge my integrity,
Cross References
Joshua 22:22The God of gods, the Eternal, the God of gods, the Eternal, he knoweth, and Israel also shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, [aid us not this day,]
Psalms 7:3(7:4) O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be injustice in my hands;
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with men of falsehood, and with dissemblers will I not enter [in communion].
Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his ground will be satisfied with bread; but he that runneth after idle persons is void of sense.
Ezekiel 13:8Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Whereas ye have spoken falsehood, and have seen lies: therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Eternal.
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 →