Passage

Job 31.6

Book: Job · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

4. Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps? 5. If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

6. (Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

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: 8. Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out. (Job 31:4-8, ASV)

WEB

4. Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5. “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

6. (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands, 8. then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out. (Job 31:4-8, WEB)

KJV

4. Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5. If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

6. Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. ^{Let: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice}

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; 8. Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. (Job 31:4-8, KJV)

YLT

4. Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number? 5. If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,

6. He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.

If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish, 8. Let me sow, and another eat, And my products let be rooted out. (Job 31:4-8, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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