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Job’s Final Appeal

Job 31:5

In 11 translations

BSB
If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
KJV
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
WEB
“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
ASV
If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit
LSV
If I have walked with vanity, || And my foot hurries to deceit,
YLT
If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,
DBY
If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,
DRC
If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
GNV
If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my foote hath made haste to deceite,
JPS
If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit —
LXXE
But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:

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Original-language editions

WLC
אִם־הָלַ֥כְתִּי עִם־שָׁ֑וְא וַתַּ֖חַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָ֣ה רַגְלִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Εἰ δὲ ἤμην πεπορευμένος μετὰ γελοιαστῶν, εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐσπούδασεν ὁ πούς μου εἰς δόλον·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 44:20–21If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
  • Proverbs 12:11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
  • Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
  • Micah 2:11If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
  • Psalms 7:3–5O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the…
  • Ezekiel 13:8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
  • Psalms 4:2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
  • Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

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