Job 31:5

“I solemnly declare that I have never acted wickedly and have never tried to deceive people.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

In Context

4God certainly sees [RHQ] everything that I do, so why is he causing me to suffer? It is as though he counts every step that I take.

6I request only that God judge me fairly [MET], and if he does that, he will know that I ◄am innocent/have not done what is wrong►.

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Cross References

Joshua 22:22“Yahweh, the Almighty God, knows why we did that, and we want you to know, too. If we have done something wrong against Yahweh, you may kill us.

Psalms 7:3Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,

Psalms 26:4I do not spend my time with liars and I stay away from hypocrites.

Proverbs 12:11Farmers who work hard in their fields will produce good crops that will give them plenty to eat, but those who waste their time working on worthless projects are foolish.

Ezekiel 13:8Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: “Because you prophets have said what is false, and because your visions are lies, I am opposed to you.

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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