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

3He sends trouble to people who do wicked things. He punishes those people who do evil things. 4God sees all the things that I do. He carefully watches how I live my life. He must know that I am an honest man. I have never tried to deceive people. 6So he should judge me in a fair way. He should realize that I am not guilty. 7God seems to think that I have not lived in the right way. He may think that I have wanted bad things when they looked nice to me. Or perhaps I have done something else that was wrong.

Job 31:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• If I have walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• with vanityשָׁוְאshâv' shav · vanity: falseH7723
• or if my footרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• hath hastedחוּשׁchûsh · to hastenH2363
• to deceitמִרְמָהmirmâh · deceitH4820

Cross-references for Job 31:5

• Psalms 7:3Lord, my God, if I have done a wrong thing, then let my enemies chase me and catch me. If I have done a bad thing against a friend, let my enemies catch me. If I have helped a friend's enemy to attack him, let my enemies catch me! If I am guilty of any of these things, let my enemies knock me down to the ground. They should leave me there, so that I lie as a dead person in the dirt. Selah.
• Psalms 4:2Tell me this, you people: How long will you refuse to respect me? How long will you love stupid ideas? How long will you agree with lies? Selah.
• Psalms 12:2Everybody tells lies to one another. When they say nice things, they do it to deceive their friends.
• Psalms 44:20We might have turned against you, our God, and worshipped a strange god.
• Proverbs 12:11A farmer who works hard will have plenty of food to eat. But anyone who works only on useless things is foolish.
• Jeremiah 2:5This is the Lord's message to you: ‘I had done nothing wrong against your ancestors, but they turned away from me. Instead, they worshipped useless idols. So they themselves became useless.
• Ezekiel 13:8So this is what I, the Almighty Lord, say to them: I am now your enemy because of your lies. You deceive people when you tell them what will happen. Yes, I have become your enemy. That is what the Almighty Lord says.

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