Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception,
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,
A Conservative Version
If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit
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,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
4 He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?" 5 "If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception, 6 let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity.
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Cross References
Psalm 4:2
You people, how long will you malign my reputation? How long will you love what is vain and what is false? Interlude
Psalm 7:3-5
LORD, my God, if I have done this thing, if there is injustice on my hands,
Psalm 12:2
Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives.
Psalm 44:20-21
If we had forgotten the name of our God or lifted our hands to a foreign god,
Proverbs 12:11
Whoever tills his soil will have a lot to eat, but anyone who pursues fantasies lacks sense.
Jeremiah 2:5
This is what the LORD says: "What did your ancestors find wrong with me that they left me, and pursued worthless things, and so they became worthless?
Ezekiel 13:8
""Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "Because you've spoken falsehood and deceptions, I am therefore opposing you," declares the Lord GOD.
Micah 2:11
Suppose a man who keeps company with a deceiving spirit prophesies like this: "Drink wine and strong drink!' Won't the people accept him as a prophet?"