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Job 23:11
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My feet have followed in his tracks;I have kept to his way and not turned aside.
My foot has held fast to his steps. His way have I kept, and not turned aside.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
My feet have closely followed his steps; I have stayed in his way; I did not turn aside.
My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.
"My feet have carefully followed His steps; I have kept His ways and not turned aside.
"My foot has held on to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
My foot has held fast to his steps. His way have I kept, and not turned aside.
My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
My foot has held fast to His path;I have kept His way and not turned aside.
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
My feet have stayed in his footsteps; I keep to his way without turning aside.
My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
I have always lived the way God wants. I have never stopped following him.
My feet have held firm to his steps, and I have kept his ways.
I follow faithfully the road he chooses, and never wander to either side.
My foot has held on to his steps; I have kept his way, and I have not turned aside.
My foot has held fast in His steps; I have kept His way and have not turned;
Neuertheles my fete kepe his path, his hye strete haue I holden, and not gone out of it.
My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.
My foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
My foot hath held his steps, his way haue I kept, and not declined.
My foote doth kepe his path, his hie way haue I holden, and will not go out of it.
And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments,
My foot hath held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and turned not aside.
My foot suede hise steppis; Y kepte his weie, and Y bowide not awey fro it.
My foot has held fast to his steps; His way I have kept, and didn't turn aside.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
For I have stayed on God's paths; I have followed his ways and not turned aside.
My foot has kept close to His steps. I have kept His way and have not turned aside.
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved;
My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
"My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
My foot: 1 Samuel 12:2-5, Psalms 18:20-24, Psalms 44:18, Acts 20:18, Acts 20:19, Acts 20:33, Acts 20:34, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Thessalonians 2:10
his way: Job 17:9, Psalms 36:3, Psalms 125:5, Zephaniah 1:6, Luke 8:13-15, Romans 2:7, 2 Peter 2:20-22
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 9:4 - And if thou Job 1:1 - perfect Job 1:8 - upright Job 4:6 - the uprightness Job 24:13 - nor abide Job 33:9 - clean Psalms 37:23 - steps Psalms 37:31 - steps Psalms 94:15 - and all Psalms 119:20 - at all times Psalms 119:47 - which Psalms 119:51 - yet have Psalms 119:157 - yet do I Proverbs 4:5 - neither Isaiah 38:3 - I have Luke 8:15 - keep
Cross-References
Abraham bowed down
Once again, Abraham bowed down
he had bought from the Hittites.
Death is the penalty for murder. But no one accused of murder can be put to death unless there are at least two witnesses to the crime.
Moses said to Israel: Before you are convicted of a crime, at least two witnesses must be able to testify that you did it.
In the meanwhile, Boaz had gone to the meeting place at the town gate and was sitting there when the other close relative came by. So Boaz invited him to come over and sit down, and he did.
I am telling you about this, since you are his closest relative and have the right to buy the property. If you want it, you can buy it now. These ten men and the others standing here can be witnesses. But if you don't want the property, let me know, because I am next in line. The man replied, "I will buy it!"
Boaz told the town leaders and everyone else: All of you are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi the property that belonged to Elimelech and his two sons, Chilion and Mahlon.
The town leaders and the others standing there said: We are witnesses to this. And we pray that the Lord will give your wife many children, just as he did Leah and Rachel, the wives of Jacob. May you be a rich man in the tribe of Ephrath and an important man in Bethlehem.
But helpful people can always be trusted to make helpful plans.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My foot hath held his steps,.... Trod in the steps he has walked in; he followed God closely, imitated him in acts of holiness and righteousness, of mercy, kindness, and beneficence; and he continued therein; as he set his foot in the steps of God, which were to him for an example, he persisted therein; as he followed on to know him, so to imitate him, and walk worthy of him:
his way have I kept; the way he prescribed him, and directed him to walk in, the way of his commandments, which he observed constantly, and kept; though not perfectly, yet with great delight and pleasure, and so as not to be chargeable with any gross neglect of them, but in some sense to walk in all of them blameless, as not to be culpable before men:
and not declined: from the way of God, did not turn aside from it to the right or left, or go into crooked paths with wicked men, or wickedly depart from his God, his ways and worship, as David says,
Psalms 18:21.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My foot hath held his steps - Roberts, in his Oriental Illustrations, and the Editor of the Pictorial Bible, suppose that there is an allusion here to the active, grasping power which the Orientals have in their feet and toes. By constant usage they accustom themselves to make use of them in holding things in a manner which to us seems almost incredible, and they make the toes perform almost the work of fingers. We bind ours fast from early childhood in our close shoes, and they become useless except for the purpose of walking. But the Orientals use theirs differently. They seize upon an object with their toes, and hold it fast. If in walking along they see anything on the ground which they desire to pick up, instead of stooping as we would, they seize it with their toes, and lift it up. Alypulle, a Kandian chief, was about to be beheaded. When he arrived at the place of execution, he looked round for some object on which to seize, and saw a small shrub, and seized it with his toes, and held it fast in order to be firm while the executioner did his office. “Roberts.” So an Arab in treading firmly, or in taking a determined stand, seems to lay hold of, to grasp the ground with his toes, giving a fixedness of position inconceivable to those whose feet are cramped by the use of tight shoes. This may be the meaning here, that Job had fixed himself firmly in the footsteps of God, and had adhered tenaciously to him; or, as it is rendered by Dr. Good,” In his steps will I rivet my feet.”
And not declined - Turned aside.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 23:11. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept — I have carefully marked his providential dealings; and in his way - his pure and undefiled religion - have I walked. I have not only been generally but particularly religious: I have attended carefully to the weightier matters of the law, and have not forgotten its slightest injunctions.
Coverdale is curious: - Nevertheles my fete kepe his path, his hye strete have I holden, and not gone out of it. The hye strete is highway, the causeway, or raised road; formed, as they anciently were, by stones in the manner of pavement. It has its name from the Latin strata, paved, via being understood: via lapidibus strata, "a way paved with stones:" hence street, a raised road or pavement either in town or country. And hence the four grand Roman or British roads which intersected this kingdom: viz. Watling street, Icknild or Ricknild street, Ermin street, and Fosse street. Some say these streets or roads were made by Bellinus, a British king.
Fosse street began in Cornwall, passed through Devonshire, Somersetshire, and along by Titbury upon Toteswould, beside Coventry, unto Leicester; and thence by the wide plains to Newark and to Lincoln, where it ends.
Watling street begins at Dover, passes through the middle of Kent, over the Thames by London, running near Westminster, and thence to St. Alban's, Dunstable, Stratford, Towcester, Weden, Lilbourn, Atherston, Wreaken by Severn, Worcester, Stratton, through Wales unto Cardigan, and on to the Irish sea.
Ermin, or Erminage street, running from St. David's in Wales, to Southampton.
Ricknild, or Icknild street, running by Worcester, Wycomb, Birmingham, Lichfield, Derby, Chesterfield, and by York, into Tynemouth. See Camden, Holinshed, and Minshieu.
