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Is it not misfortune for the unjust,
and disaster for those who work iniquity?
Does he not see my ways
and count all my steps?
If[a] I have walked in falsehood,
and if[b] my foot has hastened[c] to deceit—

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:5 tn The normal approach is to take this as the protasis, and then have it resumed in v. 7 after a parenthesis in v. 6. But some take v. 6 as the apodosis and a new protasis in v. 7.
  2. Job 31:5 tn The “if” is understood by the use of the consecutive verb.
  3. Job 31:5 sn The verbs “walk” and “hasten” (referring in the verse to the foot) are used metaphorically for the manner of life Job lived.

Is it not ruin(A) for the wicked,
    disaster(B) for those who do wrong?(C)
Does he not see my ways(D)
    and count my every step?(E)

“If I have walked with falsehood
    or my foot has hurried after deceit(F)

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