Job 31 · Verse 6

Job 31:6

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
Job 31:6, King James Version

Job 31:6 in other translations

BSBlet God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
WEB(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
ASV(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);
YLTHe doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.
DARBY(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)
BBE(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)
WebsterLet me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.

What does Job 31:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Parenthetical. Translate: "Oh, that God would weigh me ... then would He know," &c.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Mine integrity - תמתי tummathi, my perfection; the totality of my unblameable life.

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…

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Job 31:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִיyish.ke.Le.nilet him weigh meH8254
בְמֹאזְנֵי\־ve.mo.ze.nei-in balances ofH3976
צֶ֑דֶקTze.dekrighteousnessH6664
וְיֵדַ֥עve.ye.Da'and let him acknowledgeH3045
אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahGodH433
תֻּמָּתִֽי\׃tu.ma.Tiintegrity myH8538

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Cross references for Job 31:6

  • Psalms 7:8-9

    The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

  • Daniel 5:27

    TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

  • 1 Samuel 2:3

    Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

  • Matthew 7:23

    And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

  • Isaiah 26:7

    The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

  • Job 27:5-6

    God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

  • Joshua 22:22

    The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,)

  • Job 6:2

    Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

  • Proverbs 16:11

    A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

  • Psalms 17:2-3

    Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • Micah 6:11

    Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

  • Psalms 139:23

    Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let me be weighed in an even balance. Heb. Let him weigh mein balances of justice.
1Sa 2:3; Ps 7:8,9; 17:2,3; 26:1; Pr 16:11; Isa 26:7; Da 5:27
Mic 6:11
know.
Jos 22:22; Ps 1:6; 139:23; Mt 7:23; 2Ti 2:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 31:7

    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;

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Job 31:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Péseme Dios en balanzas de justicia, y conocerá mi integridad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qu’il me pèse dans la balance de justice, et ✝Dieu reconnaîtra ma perfection.
German
Elberfelder 1871		er wäge mich auf der Waage der Gerechtigkeit, und Gott wird meine Unsträflichkeit erkennen, -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.