Job 31:7
If my steps have turned aside from the way, And my heart gone after mine eyes, Or if any stain hath cleaved to my hand,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6Let him weigh me in an even balance; Yea, let God know my integrity!
8Then I may sow, and another eat; And what I plant, may it be rooted up!
Cross References
Job 9:30If I wash myself in snow, And cleanse my hands with lye,
Job 17:9The righteous will also hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands will gather strength.
Job 27:5God forbid that I should acknowledge you to be just: To my last breath will I assert my integrity.
Psalms 7:4If I have rendered evil to my friend, Or have despoiled him that without cause is mine enemy,—
Psalms 101:3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes; I hate the work of evil-doers; It shall not cleave to me.
Isaiah 33:15He that walketh in righteousness, And speaketh that which is right, That despiseth the gain of oppression, And shaketh his hands from bribery, That stoppeth his ears, so as not to hear of blood, And shutteth his eyes, so as not to behold iniquity.
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 →