Job 31:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 31:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 31:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 31:5 — KJV
“If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;”
— Job 31:5 (KJV)
Job 31:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 31:5
“He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He...: Heb. The clean of hands”
Shares key themes with Job 31:5: vanity, hath, deceit
“And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;”
Shares key themes with Job 31:5: walked, foot, hath
“For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? increased: Heb. broken forth since...: Heb. at my foot”
Shares key themes with Job 31:5: foot, hath
“If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. please...: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc”
Shares key themes with Job 31:5: hath, deceit
“Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,”
Shares key themes with Job 31:5: hath, deceit
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