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Job 31:6

Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

KJV

appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.

Vulgate

⸂⸆⸃ ἕσταμαι γὰρ ἐν ζυγῷ δικαίῳ, οἶδεν δὲ ὁ κύριος τὴν ἀκακίαν μου·

LXX

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

ASV

יִשְׁקְלֵ֥/נִי בְ/מֹאזְנֵי צֶ֑דֶק וְ/יֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
ה
h
verb · 23×
י
y
noun · 5×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
מֹאזְנֵ֥י
m'zny
noun · 15×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:3 — Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
  • 1Sam 2:3 — Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
  • 2Tim 2:19 — Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
  • Dan 5:27 — TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
  • Dan 5:27 — TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
  • Isa 26:7 — The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
  • Isa 26:7 — The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
  • Job 6:2 — Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
  • Job 27:5 — God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
  • Josh 22:22 — The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)
  • Matt 7:23 — And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
  • Mic 6:11 — Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
  • Prov 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
  • Ps 1:6 — For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
  • Ps 7:8 — The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
  • Ps 17:2 — Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
  • Ps 139:23 — Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
  • Ps 139:23 — Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: