Job 31:5
If I have walked with falsehood, And if my foot hath hasted to deceit,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
In Context
4Doth He not see my ways, And number all my steps?
6Let him weigh me in an even balance; Yea, let God know my integrity!
Cross References
Psalms 7:3O Jehovah, my God! if I have done this,—If there be iniquity upon my hands,
Psalms 26:4I sit not with men of falsehood. And go not in company with dissemblers.
Proverbs 12:11He who tilleth his own land shall be satisfied with bread; But he who followeth worthless persons is void of understanding.
Ezekiel 13:8Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood and have seen a lie, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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 →