New English Translation
Job 31:5
5If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit –
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 misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity? 4Does he not see my ways and count all my steps? If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit – 6let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity. 7If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,
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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 what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,
- Psalms 4:2You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive? (Selah)
- Psalms 12:2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
- Psalms 44:20If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,
- Proverbs 12:11The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.
- Jeremiah 2:5This is what the Lord says: “What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.
- Ezekiel 13:8“‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, I am against you, declares the sovereign 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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