Job 31:5

What does Job 31:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 31:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,

Context

v.4Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?

v.5This passage

v.6(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 2:5

    Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness 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 Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Psalms 44:20

    If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

  • Psalms 7:3

    O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

  • Psalms 4:2

    O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How longwill ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? [Selah

  • Proverbs 12:11

    He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

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