Job 31:4
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Does not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
American King James Version (AKJV)
Does not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
American Standard Version (ASV)
Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?
Webster's Revision
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
World English Bible
Doesn't he see my ways, and number all my steps?
English Revised Version (ERV)
Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?
Definitions for Job 31:4
Clarke's Job 31:4 Bible Commentary
Doth not he see my ways - Can I suppose that I could screen myself from the eye of God while guilty of such iniquities?
Barnes's Job 31:4 Bible Commentary
Doth he not see my ways? - This either means that God was a witness of all that he did - his thoughts, words, and deeds, and would punish him if he had given indulgence to improper feelings and thoughts; or that since God saw all his thoughts, he could boldly appeal to him as a witness of his innocence in this matter, and in proof that his life and heart were pure. Rosenmuller adopts the latter interpretation; Herder seems to incline to the former. Umbreit renders it, "God himself must be a witness that I speak the truth." It is not easy to determine which is the true meaning. Either of them will accord well with the scope of the passage.
