God’s Word Translation
Job 31:5
5“If I have walked with lies or my feet have run after deception,
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
3Aren’t there catastrophes for wicked people and disasters for those who do wrong? 4Doesn’t he see my ways and count all my steps? “If I have walked with lies or my feet have run after deception, 6⌞then⌟ let God weigh me on honest scales, and he will know I have integrity. 7“If my steps have left the ⌞proper⌟ path, or my heart has followed ⌞the desire of⌟ my eyes, or my hands are stained ⌞with sin⌟,
Read all of Job 31Job 31:5 word by word
אִם־הָלַ֥כְתִּי עִם־שָׁ֑וְא וַתַּ֖חַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָ֣ה רַגְלִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 31:5
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done this— if my hands are stained with injustice,
- Psalms 4:2You important people, how long are you going to insult my honor? How long are you going to love what is empty and seek what is a lie? Selah
- Psalms 12:2All people speak foolishly. They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.
- Psalms 44:20If we forgot the name of our God or stretched out our hands to pray to another god,
- Proverbs 12:11Whoever works his land will have plenty to eat, but the one who chases unrealistic dreams has no sense.
- Jeremiah 2:5This is what the Lord says: What did your ancestors find wrong with me that they went so far away from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
- Ezekiel 13:8“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Your predictions are false, and your visions are lies. That is why I’m against you, declares the Almighty Lord.
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
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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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