“If I have walked with falsehood
    or my foot has hurried after deceit(A)
let God weigh me(B) in honest scales(C)
    and he will know that I am blameless(D)
if my steps have turned from the path,(E)
    if my heart has been led by my eyes,
    or if my hands(F) have been defiled,(G)
then may others eat what I have sown,(H)
    and may my crops be uprooted.(I)

Read full chapter

“If I have walked with falsehood,
Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,
[a]Let me be weighed on honest scales,
That God may know my (A)integrity.
If my step has turned from the way,
Or (B)my heart walked after my eyes,
Or if any spot adheres to my hands,
Then (C)let me sow, and another eat;
Yes, let my harvest be [b]rooted out.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Job 31:6 Lit. Let Him weigh me
  2. Job 31:8 uprooted

Har jag väl umgåtts med lögn, och har min fot varit snar till svek?

Nej, må jag vägas på en riktig våg, så skall Gud förnimma min ostrafflighet.

Hava mina steg vikit av ifrån vägen, har mitt hjärta följt efter mina ögon, eller låder vid min händer en fläck?

Då må en annan äta var jag har sått, och vad jag har planterat må ryckas upp med roten.

Read full chapter