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Job 31:5
5“If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after 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;
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone?
Context of Job 31:5
3Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong? 4Does he not see my ways and count my every step? “If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit— 6let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless— 7if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,
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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 7:3Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—
- Psalms 4:2How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods?
- Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
- Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
- Proverbs 12:11Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.
- Jeremiah 2:5This is what the Lord says: “What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
- Ezekiel 13:8“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because of your false words and lying visions, 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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