Job 31:7 Parallel Translations

"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,(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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;

ASV:

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:

BBE:

If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

DBY:

If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;

ERV:

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:

JPS:

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;

WBS:

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;

WEB:

if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

YLT:

If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,

Job 31:7 Cross References

XREF:

Job 9:30 "If I should wash myself with snow And cleanse my hands with lye,

Job 23:11 "My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart {e} walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
(e) That is, has accomplished the lust of my eyes.

WES:

31:7 Heart - If I have let my heart loose to covet forbidden things, which mine eyes have seen: commonly sin enters by the eye into the heart. A blot - Any unjust gain.

MHC:

31:1-8 Job did not speak the things here recorded by way of boasting, but in answer to the charge of hypocrisy. He understood the spiritual nature of God's commandments, as reaching to the thoughts and intents of the heart. It is best to let our actions speak for us; but in some cases we owe it to ourselves and to the cause of God, solemnly to protest our innocence of the crimes of which we are falsely accused. The lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world, are two fatal rocks on which multitudes split; against these Job protests he was always careful to stand upon his guard. And God takes more exact notice of us than we do of ourselves; let us therefore walk circumspectly. He carefully avoided all sinful means of getting wealth. He dreaded all forbidden profit as much as all forbidden pleasure. What we have in the world may be used with comfort, or lost with comfort, if honestly gotten. Without strict honestly and faithfulness in all our dealings, we can have no good evidence of true godliness. Yet how many professors are unable to abide this touchstone!

CONC:

Aside Blemish Blot Cleaved Cleaveth Defiled Defilement Followed Hands Heart Led Path Property Spot Step Steps Stuck Turn Walked

Blemish Blot Cleaved Cleaveth Defilement Eyes Followed Hands Heart Led Path Property Spot Step Steps Stuck Turned Walked Way

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