Job 31:7

Job 31:7 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

7if my steps have turned from the path,

if my heart has been led by my eyes,

or if my hands have been defiled,

7“If my step has turned from the way,

Or my heart followed my eyes,

Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,

7“If my step has turned away from the way [of God],

Or if my heart has [covetously] followed my eyes,

Or if any spot [of guilt] has stained my hands,

7If my steps have turned from the path,

if my heart has followed my eyes,

or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

7If my step hath turned out of the way,

And my heart walked after mine eyes,

And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

7If my steppe hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaued to mine handes,

7if my step has turned out of the way,

if my heart walked after my eyes,

if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

7Suppose my steps have turned away from the right path.

Suppose my heart has wanted what my eyes have seen.

Or suppose my hands have become ‘unclean.’

7God seems to think that I have not lived in the right way.

He may think that I have wanted bad things

when they looked nice to me.

Or perhaps I have done something else that was wrong.

7If my step turns aside from the way, || And my heart has gone after my eyes, || And blemish has cleaved to my hands,