Job 31:5
If I have walked with vanity, || And my foot hurries to deceit,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
In Context
4Does He not see my ways, || And number all my steps?
6He weighs me in righteous balances, || And God knows my integrity.
Cross References
Joshua 22:22“The God of gods—YHWH, the God of gods—YHWH, He is knowing, and Israel—he knows, if [we are] in rebellion, and if in trespass against YHWH, do not save us this day!
Psalms 7:3O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, || If there is iniquity in my hands,
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with vain men, || And I do not enter with pretenders.
Proverbs 12:11Whoever is tilling the ground is satisfied [with] bread, || And whoever is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
Ezekiel 13:8Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Because you have spoken vanity, and seen a lie, || Therefore, behold, I [am] against you, || A declaration of Lord YHWH.
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 →