Job 31:7
If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.
8Let me sow — and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.
Cross References
Job 9:30If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,
Job 17:9And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And — dumb are they all.
Job 27:5Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.
Psalms 7:4If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,
Psalms 101:3I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.
Isaiah 33:15Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,
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 →