Job 31:5
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Job 31:5 in other translations
| BSB | If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit, |
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| WEB | “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit |
| ASV | If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit |
| YLT | If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit, |
| DARBY | If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit, |
| BBE | If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit; |
| Webster | If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; |
What does Job 31:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 31:1-8
Job did not speak the things here recorded by way of boasting, but in answer to the charge of hypocrisy. He understood the spiritual nature of God's commandments, as reaching to the thoughts and intents of the heart. It is best to let our actions speak for us; but in some cases we owe it to ourselves and to the cause of God, solemnly to protest our innocence of the crimes of which we are falsely accused. The lusts…
Job 31:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 31:5
- Psalms 44:20-21
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- Proverbs 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
- Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- Jeremiah 2:5
Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
- Ezekiel 13:8
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.
- Micah 2:11
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
- Psalms 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
- Psalms 7:3-5
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
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Context
- Job 31:4
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
- Job 31:5
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
- Job 31:6
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
Job 31:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si anduve con mentira, y si mi pie se apresuró á engaño, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si j’ai marché avec fausseté, si mes pieds se sont hâtés vers la fraude, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn ich mit Falschheit umgegangen bin und mein Fuß dem Truge zugeeilt ist, - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si ambulavi in vanitate, et festinavit in dolo pes meus, |