Job 31:7
5 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.
If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
8 then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
9 If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
- ASV
- If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:
- DARBY
- If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;
- BLB
- If my step has turned aside from the way, and my heart has walked, following my eyes, and on my palms has stuck a spot,
- ÅB
- dersom mine skritt har bøyd av fra veien, og mitt hjerte har fulgt mine øyne, og dersom der er noen flekk på mine hender,
- OTB
- Hvis mitt skritt har veket fra stien,
Eller mitt hjerte har fulgt mine øyne,
Eller noen flekk har klistret seg til mine hender, - B1930
- dersom mine skritt har bøid av fra veien, og mitt hjerte har fulgt mine øine, og dersom der er nogen flekk på mine hender,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 15:39
These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
Read in contextMatthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Read in contextJob 23:11
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
Read in contextPsalms 44:20–21
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Read in contextPsalms 101:3
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Read in contextEzekiel 14:3
“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
Read in contextIsaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
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