Job 31:5

5 Si anduve con mentira, y si mi pie se apresuró a engaño,

Job 31:5 Meaning and Commentary

Job 31:5

If I have walked with vanity
Or with vain men, as Bar Tzemach interprets it, keeping company and having fellowship with them in their vain and sinful practices; or in the vanity of his mind, indulging himself in impurity of heart and life; or rather using deceitful methods to cheat and defraud others; for this seems to be another vice Job clears himself of, acting unjustly in his dealings with men, or dealing falsely with them:

or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
to cheat men in buying and selling, being ready and swift to do it, and in haste to become rich, which puts men oftentimes on evil ways and methods to attain it; see ( Proverbs 28:20 ) .

Job 31:5 In-Context

3 ¿Por ventura no hay quebrantamiento para el impío, y extrañamiento para los que obran iniquidad?

4 ¿Por ventura no ve él mis caminos, y cuenta todos mis pasos?

5 Si anduve con mentira, y si mi pie se apresuró a engaño,

6 péseme Dios en balanzas de justicia, y conocerá mi perfección.

7 Si mis pasos se apartaron del camino, y si mi corazón se fue tras mis ojos, y si algo se apegó a mis manos,