Job 31:7

Job 31:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
• New International Version (NIV)if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,
• English Standard Version (ESV)if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands,
• New King James Version (NKJV)If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands,

Context of Job 31:7

5If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6(Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity;) If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to mine hands: 8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out. 9If mine heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door:

Job 31:7 word by word

אִ֥ם תִּטֶּ֣ה אַשֻּׁרִי֮ מִנִּ֪י הַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְ וְאַחַ֣ר עֵ֭ינַי הָלַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י דָּ֣בַק מֻאֽוּם׃ פRead the interlinear

• Ifאִם'im · ifH518
• stepאַשֻּׁר'âshûr 'ashshûr · stepH838
• turnedנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• outמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• spotמאוּםm'ûm mûm · blemishH3971
• handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709

Cross-references for Job 31:7

• Psalms 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
• Numbers 15:39and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye go not about after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
• Ezekiel 6:9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, how that I have been broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
• Ezekiel 14:3Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
• Matthew 5:29And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
• Psalms 101:3I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave unto me.
• Isaiah 33:15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil;

Commentaries on Job 31:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7If my step hath turned out of the way - I am willing to be sifted to the uttermost - for every step of my foot, for every thought of my heart, for every look of mine eye, and for every act of my hands.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7If my step hath turned out of the way - The path in which I ought to walk - the path of virtue. And mine heart walked after mine eyes - That is, if I have coveted what my eyes have beheld; or if I have been determined by the appearance of things rather than by what is right, I consent to bear the appropriate punishment. And if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands - To have clean hands is emblematic of innocence; Job 17:9; Psalm 24:4; compare Matthew 27:24…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. 77. Connected with Job 31:6. the way--of God (Job 23:11; Jr 5:5). A godly life. heart ... after ... eyes--if my heart coveted, what my eyes beheld (Ec 11:9; Jos 7:21). hands--(Psa 24:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 31:7

• Integrity
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

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• Bosom
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• Root
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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