Job 31:5
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?
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 turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
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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 have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Read in contextProverbs 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Read in contextPsalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:5
Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Read in contextEzekiel 13:8
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
Read in contextMicah 2:11
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
Read in contextPsalms 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
Read in contextPsalms 7:3–5
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
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