Job 31:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 If I have walked in falsehood[a]
and my foot has hastened to deceit,
6 Let God weigh me in the scales of justice;
thus will he know my innocence!(A)
7 If my steps have turned out of the way,
and my heart has followed my eyes,
or any stain clings to my hands,
Footnotes
- 31:5–34 In a series of purificatory oaths, Job protests his innocence.
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