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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,
New American Standard Bible
Or my heart
Or if any
King James Version
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;
Holman Bible
my heart has followed my eyes,
or impurity has stained my hands,
A Conservative Version
if my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any spot has clung to 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:
Amplified
“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,
Bible in Basic English
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;
Darby Translation
If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;
Julia Smith Translation
If my going will incline from the way, and my heart went after mine eyes, and a blemish did cleave upon my hands:
King James 2000
If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any spot has cleaved to my hands;
Lexham Expanded Bible
If my steps have turned aside from the way, and my heart has walked after my eyes, and my hand has clung to a spot,
Modern King James verseion
If my step has turned out of the way, or my heart has walked after my eyes, and if any blot has held fast to my hands;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If so be that I have withdrawn my foot out of the right way, if my heart hath followed mine eyesight, if I have stained or defiled my hands,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,
The Emphasized Bible
If my goings have swerved from the way, - and, after mine eyes, hath gone my heart, and, to my hands, hath adhered any stain,
Webster
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,
Youngs 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,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:7
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Job's Final Defense Continued
6 let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity. 7 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, 8 what I've planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted."
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Cross References
Numbers 15:39
That way, when you see the tassel, you'll remember all the commands of the LORD and you'll observe them. Then you won't seek your own interests and desires that lead you to be unfaithful.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
So enjoy yourself in your youth, young man, and be encouraged during your younger days. Live as you like, consistent with your world view, but keep in mind that God will bring you to account for everything.
Job 9:30
"If I wash myself with water from snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
Job 23:11
My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven't turned aside.
Psalm 44:20-21
If we had forgotten the name of our God or lifted our hands to a foreign god,
Psalm 101:3
I will not even think about doing anything lawless; I hate to do evil deeds; I will have none of it.
Isaiah 33:15
The one who walks righteously and has spoken sincere words, who rejects gain from extortion and waves his hand, rejecting bribes, who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder and shuts his eyes against seeing evil
Ezekiel 6:9
Your survivors will remember me among the nations where they'll be taken captives. I've been crushed by their unfaithful hearts that have turned against me.
Ezekiel 14:3
"Son of Man, these men have taken idols into their hearts. They've placed the stumbling block that is their own iniquity right in front of their faces. Should I be consulted by them at all?
Ezekiel 14:7
For when a native Israeli or a resident alien abandons me to set up idols in his heart behind my back, and then places the stumbling block of his iniquity right in front of his own face, then approaches a prophet to inquire of me on behalf of his own self-interest, I, the LORD will answer him myself.
Matthew 5:29
So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body thrown into hell.