ヨブ記 31:5-6 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:6

Let me be weighed in an even balance ; literally, let him ( i.e. God) weigh me in the balances of justice. The use of this imagery by the Egyptians has been already noted (see the comment on Job 6:2 ). It is an essential part of every Egyptian representation of the final judgment of souls by Osiris. Each man's merits are formally weighed in a balance, which is carefully depicted, and he is judged accordingly. Job asks that this may be done in his case, either immediately or at any... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:6

An even balance. Job only desires to be weighed in an even balance. He feels that his friends have judged him in anything but a fair manner, and he now craves for the true justice of God. I. THE JUSTICE OF AN EVEN BALANCE IS GREATLY TO BE DESIRED . People have taken a very narrow view of justice, so narrow a view as to be practically false and most fallacious. Justice has been regarded as the power that punishes sin, and while, of course, this is true, this is not a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 31:5

If I have walked with vanity - This is the second specification in regard to his private deportment. He says that his life had been sincere, upright, honest. The word vanity here is equivalent to falsehood, for so the parallelism demands, and so the word (שׁוא shâv') is often used; Psalms 12:3; Psalms 41:7; Exodus 23:1; Deuteronomy 5:20; compare Isa, Deuteronomy 1:13. The meaning of Job here is, that he had been true and honest. In his dealings with others he had not defrauded them; he had not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 31:6

Let me be weighed in an even balance - Margin, him weigh me in balances of justice. That is, let him ascertain exactly my character, and treat me accordingly. If on trial it be found that I am guilty in this respect, I consent to be punished accordingly. Scales or balances are often used as emblematic of justice. Many suppose, however, that this verse is a parenthesis, and that the imprecation in Job 31:8, relates to Job 31:5, as well as to Job 31:7. But most probably the meaning is, that he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 31:5-6

Job 31:5-6. If I have walked with vanity Conversed in the world, or dealt with men, with lying, falsehood, or hypocrisy, as the word vanity is often used; or if my foot hath hasted to deceit If, when I had an opportunity of enriching myself by wronging others, I have readily and greedily complied with it. Let me be weighed, &c. I desire nothing more than to have my heart and life weighed in just balances, and searched out by the all-seeing God. That God may know Or, and he will... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 31:1-40

Job reaffirms his innocence (31:1-40)Once again Job examines his past life to see if, in fact, he has committed some great sin for which God is now punishing him. He readily acknowledges that God sees everything and that his punishment of sin is just. God knows that he has not been guilty even of unlawful sexual lust (31:1-4). He has not cheated others to enrich himself. If someone can prove that he has, he will gladly surrender all the produce of his fields (5-8). If he has committed adultery,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 31:5

JOB'S OATHS OF IMPRECATION ATTEST HIS INNOCENCE"If I have walked with falsehood,And my foot hath hasted to deceit(Let me be weighed in an even balance,That God may know mine integrity);If my step hath turned out of the way,And mine heart walked after mine eyes,And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:Then let me sow, and let another eat:Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.""If I have walked ... if my step ... if any spot ... etc." (Job 31:5,7). Nearly twenty times in this chapter we... read more

Thomas Coke

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 31:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 31:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 31:5-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 31:1-40

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 31:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 31:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 31:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 31:6

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