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Job 31:7–8

7 “If my step has aturned from the way,

Or my heart 1followed my eyes,

Or if any bspot has stuck to my hands,

8 Let me asow and another eat,

And let my 1bcrops be uprooted.

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Job 31:7–8 — The New International Version (NIV)

if my steps have turned from the path,

if my heart has been led by my eyes,

or if my hands have been defiled,

then may others eat what I have sown,

and may my crops be uprooted.

Job 31:7–8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

if my step has turned aside from the way

and my heart has gone after my eyes,

and if any spot has stuck to my hands,

then let me sow, and another eat,

and let what grows for me be rooted out.

Job 31:7–8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

If my step hath turned out of the way,

And mine heart walked after mine eyes,

And if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

Then let me sow, and let another eat;

Yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

Job 31:7–8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

If I have strayed from his pathway,

or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen,

or if I am guilty of any other sin,

then let someone else eat the crops I have planted.

Let all that I have planted be uprooted.

Job 31:7–8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

If my step has turned from the way,

Or my heart walked after my eyes,

Or if any spot adheres to my hands,

Then let me sow, and another eat;

Yes, let my harvest be rooted out.

Job 31:7–8 — New Century Version (NCV)

If I have turned away from doing what is right,

or my heart has been led by my eyes to do wrong,

or my hands have been made unclean,

then let other people eat what I have planted,

and let my crops be plowed up.

Job 31:7–8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

If my step hath turned out of the way,

And my 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.

Job 31:7–8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands; Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.

Job 31:7–8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“If my steps have left the ⸤proper⸥ path, 

or my heart has followed ⸤the desire of⸥ my eyes, 

or my hands are stained ⸤with sin⸥, 

⸤then⸥ let someone else eat what I have planted, 

and let my crops be uprooted. 

Job 31:7–8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

If my step has turned from the way,

my heart has followed my eyes,

or impurity has stained my hands,

let someone else eat what I have sown,

and let my crops be uprooted.

Job 31:7–8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

if my step has turned aside from the way,

and my heart has followed my eyes,

and if any spot has clung to my hands;

then let me sow, and another eat;

and let what grows for me be rooted out.

Job 31:7–8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

If my steps have turned aside from the way,

and my heart has walked after my eyes,

and my hand has clung to a spot,

let me sow, and let another eat,

and let my crops be rooted out.

Job 31:7–8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Suppose my steps have turned away from the right path.

Suppose my heart has longed for what my eyes have seen.

Or suppose my hands have become ‘unclean.’

Then may others eat what I’ve planted.

May my crops be pulled up by the roots.


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