Job

Job 31:5–6

⁵If I have walked in falsehood

or my foot has rushed to deceit,

⁶let God weigh me with honest scales,

that He may know my integrity.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I have walked	הָלַ֥כְתִּי	hā·laḵ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
in	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
falsehood	שָׁ֑וְא	šāw	Noun - masculine singular	H7723 emptiness, vanity
or my foot	רַגְלִֽי׃	raḡ·lî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H7272 foot
has rushed	וַתַּ֖חַשׁ	wat·ta·ḥaš	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H2363 haste, make haste
to	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
deceit	מִרְמָ֣ה	mir·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H4820 deceit, treachery

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
let God weigh me	יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי	yiš·qə·lê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H8254 weigh
with honest	צֶ֑דֶק	ṣe·ḏeq	Noun - masculine singular	H6664 rightness, righteousness
scales	בְמֹאזְנֵי־	ḇə·mō·zə·nê-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine dual construct	H3976 balances, scales
that He	אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ	’ĕ·lō·w·ah	Noun - masculine singular	H433 god, God
may know	וְיֵדַ֥ע	wə·yê·ḏa‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
my integrity	תֻּמָּתִֽי׃	tum·mā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H8538 integrity

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 31:5 Psalm 44:20–21 · Proverbs 12:11

Job 31:6 Daniel 5:27 · Psalm 7:8–9 · Matthew 7:23 · 1 Samuel 2:3 · Isaiah 26:7 · Job 6:2 · Micah 6:11 · Proverbs 16:11 · Job 27:5–6 · Joshua 22:22 · Psalm 1:6 · Psalm 139:23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.