Job 31:5
If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
In Context
4Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?
6He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.
Cross References
Joshua 22:22'The God of gods — Jehovah, the God of gods — Jehovah, He is knowing, and Israel, he doth know, if in rebellion, and if in trespass against Jehovah (Thou dost not save us this day!)
Psalms 7:3O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.
Proverbs 12:11Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
Ezekiel 13:8Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen a lie, Therefore, lo, I [am] against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
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 →