Job 31:6

Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness,—and let GOD take note of mine integrity!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

In Context

5Verily I walked not in falsity, nor did my foot haste unto deceit:—

7If my goings have swerved from the way,—and, after mine eyes, hath gone my heart, and, to my hands, hath adhered any stain,

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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:

Job 6:2Oh that, weighed, were my vexation, and, my engulfing ruin—into the balances, they would lift up all at once!

Job 27:5Far be it from me! that I should justify, you,—Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine integrity from me:

Psalms 7:8Yahweh, will judge the peoples,—Do me justice, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity upon me,

Psalms 26:1Do me justice, O Yahweh, For, I, in my blamelessness, have walked, and, in Yahweh, have I trusted, I will not waver.

Proverbs 16:11The balance and scales of justice, belong to Yahweh, and, his handiwork, are all the weights of the bag.

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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