Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled, New Living Translation If I have strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin, English Standard Version if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands, Berean Standard Bible If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands, King James Bible If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; New King James Version If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands, New American Standard Bible “If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands, NASB 1995 “If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands, NASB 1977 “If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands, Legacy Standard Bible If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands, Amplified Bible “If my step has turned away from the way [of God], Or if my heart has [covetously] followed my eyes, Or if any spot [of guilt] has stained my hands, Christian Standard Bible If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands, Holman Christian Standard Bible If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands, American Standard Version If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands: Contemporary English Version If I have disobeyed him or even wanted to, English Revised Version If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to mine hands: GOD'S WORD® Translation "If my steps have left the [proper] path, or my heart has followed [the desire of] my eyes, or my hands are stained [with sin], Good News Translation If I have turned from the right path or let myself be attracted to evil, if my hands are stained with sin, International Standard Version If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands, Majority Standard Bible If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands, NET Bible If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands, New Heart English Bible if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands, Webster's Bible Translation If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to my hands; World English Bible if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf my step turns aside from the way, "" And my heart has gone after my eyes, "" And blemish has cleaved to my hands, Young's Literal Translation If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish, Smith's Literal Translation If my going will incline from the way, and my heart went after mine eyes, and a blemish did cleave upon my hands: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands: Catholic Public Domain Version If my steps have turned aside from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if a blemish has clung to my hands, New American Bible If my steps have turned out of the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, or any stain clings to my hands, New Revised Standard Version if my step has turned aside from the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, and if any spot has clung to my hands; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI have not turned aside my steps from the way, and my heart has not followed after my eyes, and I have acquired nothing unjustly; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If I have turned my goings away from the road, and if my heart goes after my eyes, and if anything is stuck in me OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands; Brenton Septuagint Translation if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job's Final Appeal…6let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity. 7If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands, 8then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.… Cross References Proverbs 4:25-27 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead. / Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. / Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil. Psalm 119:37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word. Matthew 5:28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. James 1:14-15 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. Proverbs 23:31-33 Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. / In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. / Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities. 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. Psalm 101:3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. 2 Peter 2:14 Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. Matthew 6:22-23 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. / But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Romans 6:13 Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness. Proverbs 6:25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. 1 Corinthians 10:12 So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall. Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Psalm 119:10 With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; Treasury of Scripture If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot has stuck to my hands; If my Psalm 44:20,21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; … mine heart Numbers 15:39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Ezekiel 6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. cleaved Psalm 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. Isaiah 33:15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; Jump to Previous Blemish Blot Cleaved Cleaveth Defilement Eyes Followed Hands Heart Led Path Property Spot Step Steps Stuck Turned Walked WayJump to Next Blemish Blot Cleaved Cleaveth Defilement Eyes Followed Hands Heart Led Path Property Spot Step Steps Stuck Turned Walked WayJob 31 1. Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several dutiesif my steps have turned from the path The phrase "if my steps have turned from the path" reflects a metaphorical journey of righteousness and integrity. In Hebrew, the word for "steps" (צְעָדַי, tze'aday) can denote one's course of life or conduct. The "path" (מִדֶּרֶךְ, miderekh) signifies the way of righteousness and divine commandments. Job is asserting his commitment to walking in God's ways, emphasizing the importance of steadfastness in one's spiritual journey. Historically, the imagery of a path is common in wisdom literature, symbolizing the moral and ethical choices one makes. Job's declaration is a profound testament to his desire to remain faithful and not deviate from God's ordained way. if my heart has followed my eyes or if impurity has stuck to my hands Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifאִ֥ם (’im) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not my steps אַשֻּׁרִי֮ (’aš·šu·rî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 838: Step, going have turned תִּטֶּ֣ה (tiṭ·ṭeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend from מִנִּ֪י (min·nî) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the path, הַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְ (had·dā·reḵ) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action if my heart לִבִּ֑י (lib·bî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre has followed וְאַחַ֣ר (wə·’a·ḥar) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 310: The hind or following part my eyes, עֵ֭ינַי (‘ê·nay) Noun - cdc | first person common singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain or impurity מֻאֽוּם׃ (mu·’ūm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3971: To stain, a blemish has stuck דָּ֣בַק (dā·ḇaq) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit to my hands, וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י (ū·ḇə·ḵap·pay) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | first person common singular Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan Links Job 31:7 NIVJob 31:7 NLT Job 31:7 ESV Job 31:7 NASB Job 31:7 KJV Job 31:7 BibleApps.com Job 31:7 Biblia Paralela Job 31:7 Chinese Bible Job 31:7 French Bible Job 31:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 31:7 If my step has turned out (Jb) |
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