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Job 31:5

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

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אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…הָלַ֥כְתִּיhalakhtiwalkהָלַךְverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “walk”, a completed actionH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).שָׁ֑וְאshavefalseשָׁוְאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “false”, the ordinary formH7723evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.וַתַּ֖חַשׁvatachashand hasteחוּשׁconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and haste”, the next action in the storyH2363to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment(make) haste(-n), ready.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מִרְמָ֣הmirmahcraftמִרְמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “craft”, the ordinary formH4820fraudcraft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.רַגְלִֽיraglifootרֶגֶלnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “foot”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda[idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit —

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American Standard Version (1901)

If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

Young’s Literal Translation

If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,

World English Bible

“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

Darby Translation

If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,

Douay-Rheims

If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ δὲ ἤμην πεπορευμένος μετὰ γελοιαστῶν, εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐσπούδασεν ὁ πούς μου εἰς δόλον·