Job 31:6

Job 31:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
• New International Version (NIV)let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless—
• English Standard Version (ESV)(Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!)
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity.

Context of Job 31:6

4Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps? 5If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit, (Let me be weighed in an even balance, and God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;) 7If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands; 8Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.

Job 31:6 word by word

יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• weighedשָׁקַלshâqal · to weighH8254
• Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433

Cross-references for Job 31:6

• 1 Samuel 2:3Do not multiply your words of pride, let not vain-glory come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
• Psalms 7:8Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.
• Psalms 17:2Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity.
• Psalms 26:1Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.
• Proverbs 16:11The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
• Isaiah 26:7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.
• Daniel 5:27TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
• Micah 6:11Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
• Joshua 22:22The God of gods, Jehovah, the God of gods, Jehovah, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know [it]; if it is in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah, — save us not this day!
• Psalms 1:6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
• Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;
• Matthew 7:23and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.
• 2 Timothy 2:19Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, [The] Lord knows those that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of [the] Lord withdraw from iniquity.

Commentaries on Job 31:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Mine integrity - תמתי tummathi, my perfection; the totality of my unblameable life.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Let me be weighed in an even balance - Margin, him weigh me in balances of justice. That is, let him ascertain exactly my character, and treat me accordingly. If on trial it be found that I am guilty in this respect, I consent to be punished accordingly. Scales or balances are often used as emblematic of justice. Many suppose, however, that this verse is a parenthesis, and that the imprecation in Job 31:8, relates to Job 31:5, as well as to Job 31:7. But…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. 66. Parenthetical. Translate: "Oh, that God would weigh me ... then would He know," &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 31:6

• Balances
• Falsehood
• Integrity
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

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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