Let God weigh me in the just balance, and he shall know my [a]uprightness.

If my step hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath [b]walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands,

Let me sow, and let another [c]eat: yea, let my plants be rooted out.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:6 He showeth wherein his uprightness standeth, that is, inasmuch as he was blameless before men, and sinned not against the second Table.
  2. Job 31:7 That is, hath accomplished the lust of mine eyes.
  3. Job 31:8 According to the curse of the law, Deut. 28:33.

let God weigh me(A) in honest scales(B)
    and he will know that I am blameless(C)
if my steps have turned from the path,(D)
    if my heart has been led by my eyes,
    or if my hands(E) have been defiled,(F)
then may others eat what I have sown,(G)
    and may my crops be uprooted.(H)

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