Job 31:7
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If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:

If my

Psalm 44:20,21 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us. . . .

mine heart

Numbers 15:39 That when they shall see them, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and not follow their own thoughts and eyes going astray after divers things,

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.

Ezekiel 6:9 And they that are saved of you shall remember me amongst the nations, to which they are carried captives: because I have broken their heart that was faithless, and revolted from me: and their eyes that went a fornicating after their idols: and they shall be displeased with themselves because of the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

Ezekiel 14:3,7 Son of man, these men have placed their uncleannesses in their hearts, and have set up before their face the stumblingblock of their iniquity: and shall I answer when they inquire of me? . . .

Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than thy whole body be cast into hell.

cleaved

Psalm 101:3 I will not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.

Isaiah 33:15 He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.

Context
Job's Final Appeal
6Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity. 7If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:8Then let me sow and let another reap: and let my offspring be rooted out.…
Cross References
Job 9:30
If I be washed, as it were, with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:

Job 17:9
And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Job 23:11
My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.

Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.

Lexicon
If
אִ֥ם (’im)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

my steps
אַשֻּׁרִי֮ (’aš·šu·rî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 838: Step, going

have turned
תִּטֶּ֣ה (tiṭ·ṭeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

from
מִנִּ֪י (min·nî)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the path,
הַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְ (had·dā·reḵ)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

if my heart
לִבִּ֑י (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

has followed
וְאַחַ֣ר (wə·’a·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

my eyes,
עֵ֭ינַי (‘ê·nay)
Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

or impurity
מֻאֽוּם׃‪‬ (mu·’ūm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3971: To stain, a blemish

has stuck
דָּ֣בַק (dā·ḇaq)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit

to my hands,
וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י (ū·ḇə·ḵap·pay)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan


Additional Translations
If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stuck to my hands,If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot has stuck to my hands;

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:

if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;

If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to mine hands:

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;

if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

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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