English Standard Version
Job 31:6
6(Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!)
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—
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.
Context of Job 31:6
4Does not he see my ways and number all my steps? 5"If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit; (Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!) 7if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands, 8then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me be rooted out.
Read all of Job 31Job 31:6 word by word
יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 31:6
- 1 Samuel 2:3Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
- Psalms 7:8The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
- Psalms 17:2From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
- Proverbs 16:11A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
- Isaiah 26:7The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.
- Daniel 5:27Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;
- Micah 6:11Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?
- Joshua 22:22"The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith against the Lord, do not spare us today
- Psalms 1:6for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
- Matthew 7:23And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
- 2 Timothy 2:19But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart 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
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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
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