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Job 31:5

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Deceit;   Falsehood;   Integrity;   Temptation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Deceit;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Book;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Foot;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Didascalia;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If I have walked in falsehoodor my foot has rushed to deceit,
Hebrew Names Version
"If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hurried to deceit
King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
English Standard Version
"If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit;
New Century Version
"If I have been dishonest or lied to others,
New English Translation
If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit—
Amplified Bible
"If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has chased after deceit,
New American Standard Bible
"If I have walked with deception, And my foot has hurried after deceit,
World English Bible
"If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hurried to deceit
Geneva Bible (1587)
If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my foote hath made haste to deceite,
Legacy Standard Bible
"If I have walked with worthlessness,And my foot has hastened after deceit,
Berean Standard Bible
If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
Contemporary English Version
I am not dishonest or deceitful,
Complete Jewish Bible
"If I have gone along with falsehood, if my feet have hurried to deceit;
Darby Translation
If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,
Easy-to-Read Version
"I have not lied to anyone. I never tried to cheat people.
George Lamsa Translation
If I have walked with hypocrites, or if my foot hastened to deceit;
Good News Translation
I swear I have never acted wickedly and never tried to deceive others.
Lexham English Bible
"If I have walked with falseness, and my foot has hastened to deceit,
Literal Translation
If I have walked with vanity, or my foot has hurried to deceit,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf I haue cleued vnto vanite, or yf my fete haue runne to disceaue:
American Standard Version
If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit
Bible in Basic English
If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit--
King James Version (1611)
If I haue walked with vanitie, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my feete haue runne to disceaue:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:
English Revised Version
If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If Y yede in vanyte, and my foot hastide in gile,
Update Bible Version
If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hurried to deceit
Webster's Bible Translation
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
New King James Version
"If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,
New Living Translation
"Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone?
New Life Bible
"If I have walked in ways that are false, and my foot has been quick to follow false ways,
New Revised Standard
"If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit—
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Verily I walked not in falsity, nor did my foot haste unto deceit: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
Revised Standard Version
"If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit;
Young's Literal Translation
If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,
THE MESSAGE
"Have I walked hand in hand with falsehood, or hung out in the company of deceit? Weigh me on a set of honest scales so God has proof of my integrity. If I've strayed off the straight and narrow, wanted things I had no right to, messed around with sin, Go ahead, then— give my portion to someone who deserves it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hastened after deceit,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

If: Psalms 7:3-5

walked: Psalms 4:2, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 44:20, Psalms 44:21, Proverbs 12:11, Jeremiah 2:5, Ezekiel 13:8

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:22 - if it be Psalms 1:1 - walketh Psalms 7:5 - Let Proverbs 19:2 - and Luke 7:2 - who

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If I have walked with vanity,.... Or with vain men, as Bar Tzemach interprets it, keeping company and having fellowship with them in their vain and sinful practices; or in the vanity of his mind, indulging himself in impurity of heart and life; or rather using deceitful methods to cheat and defraud others; for this seems to be another vice Job clears himself of, acting unjustly in his dealings with men, or dealing falsely with them:

or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; to cheat men in buying and selling, being ready and swift to do it, and in haste to become rich, which puts men oftentimes on evil ways and methods to attain it; see

Proverbs 28:20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I have walked with vanity - This is the second specification in regard to his private deportment. He says that his life had been sincere, upright, honest. The word vanity here is equivalent to falsehood, for so the parallelism demands, and so the word (שׁוא shâv') is often used; Psalms 12:3; Psalms 41:7; Exodus 23:1; Deuteronomy 5:20; compare Isa, Deuteronomy 1:13. The meaning of Job here is, that he had been true and honest. In his dealings with others he had not defrauded them; he had not misrepresented things; he had spoken the exact truth, and had done that which was without deception or guile.

If my foot hath hasted to deceit - That is, if I have gone to execute a purpose of deceit or fraud. He had never, on seeing an opportunity where others might be defrauded, hastened to embrace it. The Septuagint renders this verse, “If I have walked with scoffers - μετα γελοιαστῶν meta geloiastōn - and if my foot has hastened to deceit.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 31:5. If I have walked with vanity — If I have been guilty of idolatry, or the worshipping of a false god: for thus שאו shau, which we here translate vanity, is used Jeremiah 18:15; (compare with Psalms 31:6; Hosea 12:11; and Jonah 2:9,) and it seems evident that the whole of Job's discourse here is a vindication of himself from all idolatrous dispositions and practices.


 
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