Parallel Verses
Amplified
“If I have walked with falsehood,
Or if my foot has chased after deceit,
New American Standard Bible
And my foot has hastened after deceit,
King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Holman Bible
or my foot has rushed to deceit,
International Standard Version
"If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception,
A Conservative Version
If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit
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;
Darby Translation
If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,
Julia Smith Translation
If I went with vanity, and my foot will haste upon deceit;
King James 2000
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hastened to deceit;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"If I have walked with falseness, and my foot has hastened to deceit,
Modern King James verseion
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hurried to deceit,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I have cleaved unto vanity, or if my feet have run to deceive,
NET Bible
If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit --
New Heart English Bible
"If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
The Emphasized Bible
Verily I walked not in falsity, nor did my foot haste unto deceit: -
Webster
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
World English Bible
"If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
Youngs Literal Translation
If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,
Themes
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
4
“Does not God see my ways
And count all my steps?
“If I have walked with falsehood,
Or if my foot has chased after deceit,
Oh, let Him weigh me with accurate scales,
And let God know my integrity.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 4:2
O sons of men, how long will my honor and glory be [turned into] shame?
How long will you [my enemies] love worthless (vain, futile) things and seek deception and lies? Selah.
Psalm 7:3-5
O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,
Psalm 12:2
They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psalm 44:20-21
If we had forgotten the name of our God
Or stretched out our hands to a strange god,
Proverbs 12:11
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows worthless things lacks common sense and good judgment.
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus says the Lord,
That they have wandered far from Me
And [habitually] walked after emptiness and futility and became empty?
Ezekiel 13:8
Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken empty and delusive words and have seen lies, therefore behold, I am against you,” says the Lord God.
Micah 2:11
“If a man walking in a false spirit [spouting deception]
Should lie and say,
‘I will prophesy to you [O Israel] of wine and liquor (greed, sensual pleasure),’
He would be the acceptable spokesman of this people.