Job 31:6

Let him weigh me then in a righteous balance, and let God acknowledge my integrity,

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5[And knoweth] whether I have walked with vain desires, or if my foot hath hastened after deceit.

7If my step have turned aside from the [proper] way, and my heart have walked after my eyes, and if any blemish have cleaved to my hands:

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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,]

Job 6:2Oh that my vexation could be truly weighed, and my calamity; oh that men might lift it up in the balances at once!

Job 27:5Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I depart hence will I not allow [any one] to take my integrity away from me.

Psalms 7:8(7:9) The Lord will judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity [grant] me [recompense].

Psalms 26:1“Of David.” Judge me, O Lord; for I have indeed walked in my integrity: and in the Lord have I trusted; I shall not slip.

Proverbs 16:11A just balance and scales belong to the Lord: his work are all the weights in the bag.

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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