Job 31:5

Job 31:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
• New International Version (NIV)“If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit—
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit;
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,

Context of Job 31:5

3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity? 4Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps? If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit 6(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity); 7If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

Job 31:5 word by word

אִם־הָלַ֥כְתִּי עִם־שָׁ֑וְא וַתַּ֖חַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָ֣ה רַגְלִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• falsehoodשָׁוְאshâv' shav · vanity: falseH7723
• footרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• deceitמִרְמָהmirmâh · deceitH4820

Cross-references for Job 31:5

• Psalms 7:3O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;
• Psalms 4:2O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How longwill ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? [Selah
• Psalms 12:2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
• Psalms 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
• Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.
• Jeremiah 2:5Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
• Ezekiel 13:8Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Commentaries on Job 31:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5If I have walked with vanity - If I have been guilty of idolatry, or the worshipping of a false god: for thus שאו shau, which we here translate vanity, is used Jeremiah 18:15; (compare with Psalm 31:6; Hosea 12:11; and Jonah 2:9;), and it seems evident that the whole of Job's discourse here is a vindication of himself from all idolatrous dispositions and practices.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5If I have walked with vanity - This is the second specification in regard to his private deportment. He says that his life had been sincere, upright, honest. The word vanity here is equivalent to falsehood, for so the parallelism demands, and so the word (שׁוא shâv' ) is often used; Psalm 12:3; Psalm 41:7; Exodus 23:1; Deuteronomy 5:20; compare Isa, Deuteronomy 1:13. The meaning of Job here is, that he had been true and honest. In his dealings with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8If Job had lied in a business deal, it would violate the eighth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:19). If he lied in court, it would violate the ninth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:20). This sin would deserve judgment of fire (Revelation 21:8). If Job desired his neighbor's possessions, he would violate the tenth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:21). then may another eat: This was also speaking against himself (a curse).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Job's abstinence from evil deeds. vanity--that is, falsehood (Psa 12:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 31:5

• Deceit
• Falsehood
• Integrity
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Bosom
• Instead
• Lift
• Root
• Charm
• Foot
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings