Job 31:7
If my steppe hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaued to mine handes,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shall know mine vprightnes.
8Let me sowe, and let another eate: yea, let my plantes be rooted out.
Cross References
Job 9:30If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,
Job 17:9But the righteous wil holde his way, and he whose hands are pure, shall increase his strength.
Job 27:5God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.
Psalms 7:4If I haue rewarded euill vnto him that had peace with mee, (yea I haue deliuered him that vexed me without cause)
Psalms 101:3I wil set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the worke of them that fall away: it shall not cleaue vnto me.
Isaiah 33:15Hee that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppression, shaking his handes from taking of gifts, stopping his eares from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing euill.
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 →