“If I have walked with falsehood
    and my foot has hastened to deceit;
(Let me be (A)weighed in a just balance,
    and let God know my integrity!)
if my step has turned aside from the way
    and (B)my heart has gone after my eyes,
    and if any (C)spot has stuck to my hands,
then let me (D)sow, and another eat,
    and let what grows for me[a] be rooted out.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:8 Or let my descendants

“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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“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)

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