New Living Translation
Job 31:6
6Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows 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 King James Version (NKJV)Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity.
Context of Job 31:6
4Doesn’t he see everything I do and every step I take? 5“Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone? Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity. 7If I have strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin, 8then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted.
Read all of Job 31Job 31:6 word by word
יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 31:6
- 1 Samuel 2:3“Stop acting so proud and haughty! Don’t speak with such arrogance! For the Lord is a God who knows what you have done; he will judge your actions.
- Psalms 7:8The Lord judges the nations. Declare me righteous, O Lord, for I am innocent, O Most High!
- Psalms 17:2Declare me innocent, for you see those who do right.
- Psalms 26:1Declare me innocent, O Lord, for I have acted with integrity; I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
- Proverbs 16:11The Lord demands accurate scales and balances; he sets the standards for fairness.
- Isaiah 26:7But for those who are righteous, the way is not steep and rough. You are a God who does what is right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them.
- Daniel 5:27Tekel means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.
- Micah 6:11How can I tolerate your merchants who use dishonest scales and weights?
- Joshua 22:22“The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! He knows the truth, and may Israel know it, too! We have not built the altar in treacherous rebellion against the Lord. If we have done so, do not spare our lives this day.
- Psalms 1:6For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
- Matthew 7:23But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’
- 2 Timothy 2:19But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.”
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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