Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to 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,
American Standard Version
If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Amplified
“If I have walked with falsehood,
Or if my foot has chased after 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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
4 Does he not see my ways, and number all my steps? 5 If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit 6 (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
Names
Cross References
Psalm 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
Psalm 7:3-5
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands,
Psalm 12:2
They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.
Psalm 44:20-21
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,
Proverbs 12:11
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus says LORD: What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?
Ezekiel 13:8
Therefore thus says lord LORD: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, says lord LORD.
Micah 2:11
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, [saying], I will prophesy to thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall even be the prophet of this people.