“If I have (A)walked with deception,
And my foot has hurried after deceit,
Let Him (B)weigh me with [a]accurate scales,
And let God know (C)my integrity.
If my step has (D)turned from the way,
Or my heart [b]followed my eyes,
Or if any (E)spot has stuck to my hands,
Let me (F)sow and another eat,
And let my [c](G)crops be uprooted.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:6 Lit just
  2. Job 31:7 Lit walked after
  3. Job 31:8 Or offspring

“Have I lied to anyone
    or deceived anyone?
Let God weigh me on the scales of justice,
    for he knows my integrity.
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,
then let someone else eat the crops I have planted.
    Let all that I have planted be uprooted.

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