New King James Version
Job 31:6
6Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may 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—
- English Standard Version (ESV)(Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God 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 He not see my ways, And count all my steps? 5“If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit, Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity. 7If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands, 8Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest 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 2:3“Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the Lord is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.
- Psalms 7:8The Lord shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.
- Psalms 17:2Let my vindication come from Your presence; Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O Lord, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip.
- Proverbs 16:11Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.
- Isaiah 26:7The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just.
- Daniel 5:27TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;
- Micah 6:11Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the bag of deceitful weights?
- Joshua 22:22“The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, He knows, and let Israel itself know—if it is in rebellion, or if in treachery against the Lord, do not save us this day.
- Psalms 1:6For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;
- Matthew 7:23And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
- 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ 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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