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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/31.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/31.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/31.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/31.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/31.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or <i>if any</i> spot has stuck to my hands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/31.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/31.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If I have disobeyed him or even wanted to, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/31.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"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],<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/31.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If I have turned from the right path or let myself be attracted to evil, if my hands are stained with sin, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/31.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/31.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/31.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If my step turns aside from the way, "" And my heart has gone after my eyes, "" And blemish has cleaved to my hands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If my going will incline from the way, and my heart went after mine eyes, and a blemish did cleave upon my hands:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If 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: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/31.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If my steps have turned out of the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, or any stain clings to my hands, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I have not turned aside my steps from the way, and my heart has not followed after my eyes, and I have acquired nothing unjustly;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/31-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=4621" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/31.htm">Job's Final Appeal</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/838.htm" title="838: ’aš·šu·rî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Step, going. Or ashshur; from 'ashar in the sense of going; a step.">my steps</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: tiṭ·ṭeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">have turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min·nî (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: had·dā·reḵ (Art:: N-cs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">the path,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">if my heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: wə·’a·ḥar (Conj-w:: Adv) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">has followed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·laḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nay (N-cdc:: 1cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">my eyes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3971.htm" title="3971: mu·ʾūm (N-ms) -- Blemish, defect. Usually muwm; as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning to stain; a blemish.">or if impurity</a> <a href="/hebrew/1692.htm" title="1692: dā·ḇaq (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To cling, cleave, keep close. A primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. Cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit.">has stuck</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: ū·ḇə·ḵap·pay (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 1cs) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">to my hands,</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-25.htm">Proverbs 4:25-27</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-37.htm">Psalm 119:37</a></span><br />Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Matthew 5:28</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-31.htm">Proverbs 23:31-33</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">1 John 2:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3</a></span><br />I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">2 Peter 2:14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-22.htm">Matthew 6:22-23</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Romans 6:13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-25.htm">Proverbs 6:25</a></span><br />Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-12.htm">1 Corinthians 10:12</a></span><br />So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-16.htm">Galatians 5:16</a></span><br />So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-10.htm">Psalm 119:10</a></span><br />With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a></span><br />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;</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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;</p><p class="hdg">If my</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20,21</a></b></br> If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; … </p><p class="hdg">mine heart</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Numbers 15:39</a></b></br> 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:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-9.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:9</a></b></br> 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 <i>things</i> God will bring thee into judgment.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Ezekiel 6:9</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">cleaved</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3</a></b></br> I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; <i>it</i> shall not cleave to me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Isaiah 33:15</a></b></br> 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;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/11-15.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-14.htm">Blot</a> <a href="/job/29-10.htm">Cleaved</a> <a href="/job/19-20.htm">Cleaveth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Defilement</a> <a href="/job/31-1.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/job/23-11.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/job/30-2.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/30-27.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/job/21-30.htm">Led</a> <a href="/job/30-13.htm">Path</a> <a href="/job/17-5.htm">Property</a> <a href="/job/11-15.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/job/31-4.htm">Step</a> <a href="/job/31-4.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/job/29-10.htm">Stuck</a> <a href="/job/30-31.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/31-5.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/job/29-25.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/9-7.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">Blot</a> <a href="/psalms/44-25.htm">Cleaved</a> <a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Cleaveth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm">Defilement</a> <a href="/job/31-16.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/job/31-25.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/31-9.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/job/31-18.htm">Led</a> <a href="/job/34-11.htm">Path</a> <a href="/psalms/52-7.htm">Property</a> <a href="/songs/4-7.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/job/31-37.htm">Step</a> <a href="/job/31-37.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/psalms/119-31.htm">Stuck</a> <a href="/job/33-17.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/38-16.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/job/31-26.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Job 31</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/31-1.htm">Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "path" often symbolizes a way of life aligned with God's commandments. In the context of Job, this reflects his commitment to integrity and righteousness. The imagery of walking a path is prevalent throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/psalms/119-105.htm">Psalm 119:105</a>, where God's word is described as a lamp to one's feet and a light to one's path. This metaphor underscores the importance of adhering to divine guidance and the consequences of straying from it.<p><b>if my heart has followed my eyes</b><br>Here, the heart represents the seat of desire and intention, while the eyes symbolize temptation and the initial point of sin. This phrase highlights the biblical understanding of sin as beginning in the heart, as seen in <a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Matthew 5:28</a>, where Jesus teaches that looking at someone lustfully is akin to committing adultery in the heart. The connection between the heart and eyes is a recurring theme, emphasizing the need for inner purity and vigilance against covetousness or lust, which can lead one away from God's path.<p><b>or if impurity has stuck to my hands</b><br>The hands are often symbolic of one's actions and deeds. Impurity sticking to the hands suggests involvement in sinful or unethical actions. In biblical times, ritual purity was crucial, and physical cleanliness often symbolized spiritual purity. This imagery is echoed in passages like <a href="/psalms/24-3.htm">Psalm 24:3-4</a>, which speaks of having clean hands and a pure heart as prerequisites for standing in God's holy place. The emphasis on purity reflects the broader biblical call to holiness and the avoidance of actions that defile one's relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and unwavering faith.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_path.htm">The Path</a></b><br>Symbolically represents the righteous way of living according to God's commandments and moral integrity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_heart_and_eyes.htm">The Heart and Eyes</a></b><br>In Hebrew thought, the heart is the center of will and desire, while the eyes often symbolize temptation and the gateway to sin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/impurity.htm">Impurity</a></b><br>Refers to moral or ethical corruption, often associated with sin and wrongdoing.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_book_of_job.htm">The Book of Job</a></b><br>A poetic and philosophical text in the Old Testament that explores themes of suffering, justice, and faith.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_the_heart_and_eyes.htm">Guarding the Heart and Eyes</a></b><br>Job highlights the importance of vigilance over one's desires and temptations. Christians are called to guard their hearts and eyes to maintain purity and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_action.htm">Integrity in Action</a></b><br>Job's self-examination serves as a model for believers to regularly assess their actions and intentions, ensuring they align with God's standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/confession_and_repentance.htm">Confession and Repentance</a></b><br>Acknowledging when one's steps have strayed is crucial. Believers should be quick to confess and repent, seeking God's forgiveness and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_accountability.htm">The Role of Accountability</a></b><br>Job's public declaration of his integrity suggests the value of accountability within the community of faith. Christians benefit from mutual encouragement and correction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Job's concern about impurity sticking to his hands reminds believers of the tangible consequences of sin and the importance of living a life that reflects God's holiness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 31</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_it_sinful_to_masturbate.htm">Is it sinful to masturbate?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_31_5-8_oppose_human_fallibility.htm">Does Job's assertion of moral completeness in Job 31:5-8 conflict with the broader biblical theme of universal human fallibility?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_job_claim_purity_in_job_31_1-4.htm">In Job 31:1-4, how can Job claim such purity given other scriptures teach no one is entirely sinless?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_job_31_curses_compare_to_nt_mercy.htm">How do Job's self-imposed curses in Job 31 compare with New Testament passages emphasizing mercy and forgiveness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/31.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) If my <span class= "bld">step hath turned out </span>of <span class= "bld">the way</span>--The form of the expression is very emphatic: the narrow way of strict integrity and righteousness. (Compare the expression applied to the first believers, <a href="/acts/9-2.htm" title="And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.">Acts 9:2</a>--<span class= "ital">men of the way.</span>)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If my step hath turned out of the way</span>. If; <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, I have at any time knowingly and voluntarily departed from the way of thy commandments, as made known to me either by godly men or by thy law written in my heart, then let the consequences follow that are mentioned in the next verse. <span class="cmt_word">Or if mine heart hath walked after mine eyes, and if consequently any blot hath cleaved to mine hands</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> if I have been guilty of any plain act of sin. It is to be remembered that Job has the testimony of God himself to the fact that he was "a perfect and an upright man, one that feared God, and eschewed evil (<a href="/job/2-3.htm">Job 2:3</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/31-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(’im)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my steps</span><br /><span class="heb">אַשֻּׁרִי֮</span> <span class="translit">(’aš·šu·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_838.htm">Strong's 838: </a> </span><span class="str2">Step, going</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have turned</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּטֶּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(tiṭ·ṭeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנִּ֪י</span> <span class="translit">(min·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the path,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(had·dā·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if my heart</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבִּ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(lib·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has followed</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַחַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’a·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my eyes,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֭ינַי</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·nay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - cdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or impurity</span><br /><span class="heb">מֻאֽוּם׃‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(mu·’ūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3971.htm">Strong's 3971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stain, a blemish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has stuck</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּ֣בַק</span> <span class="translit">(dā·ḇaq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1692.htm">Strong's 1692: </a> </span><span class="str2">To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to my hands,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḵap·pay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/31-7.htm">OT Poetry: Job 31:7 If my step has turned out (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/31-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 31:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 31:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/31-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 31:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 31:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>