Job 31:5
3 Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
4 Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
6 let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
7 If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
- KJV
- If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
- WEB
- “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
- ASV
- If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit
- DARBY
- If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,
- BLB
- If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried toward deceit,
- ÅB
- Dersom jeg har faret fram med falskhet, og min fot har hastet til svik
- OTB
- Hvis jeg har vandret i falskhet,
Og min fot har hastet etter bedrag, - B1930
- Dersom jeg har faret frem med falskhet, og min fot har hastet til svik
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 44:20–21
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Read in contextProverbs 12:11
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
Read in contextPsalms 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:5
This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
Read in contextEzekiel 13:8
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
Read in contextMicah 2:11
If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
Read in contextPsalms 4:2
How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies ? Selah
Read in contextPsalms 7:3–5
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
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