Job 31:5
Verily I walked not in falsity, nor did my foot haste unto deceit:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
In Context
4Would, he, not see my ways? and of all my steps, take account?
6Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness,—and let GOD take note of mine integrity!
Cross References
Joshua 22:22El-Elohim-Yahweh, El-Elohim-Yahweh, he knoweth, and, Israel, he, shall know,—if in rebellion, or if in treachery, against Yahweh, do not save us this day:
Psalms 7:3O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;
Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with food, but, he that runneth after worthless men, lacketh sense.
Ezekiel 13:8Therefore Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Because ye have spoken falsehood, And have had visions of lies, Therefore behold me! against you, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
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 →