let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
Parallel translations
- WEB (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
- KJV Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
- NKJV Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity.
- NASB Let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let God know my integrity.
- NLT Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.
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Quick answer
Job asks to be weighed in honest scales so that God may know his integrity. He welcomes God's accurate judgment of his character.
Overview
Continuing his oath, Job invites God to measure him on a just balance, confident that the verdict would confirm his integrity. The image of accurate scales evokes God's perfect and impartial assessment of human conduct. Yet Scripture also warns that none is righteous enough to stand if weighed by the law alone, which is why the gospel offers the perfect righteousness of Christ to all who believe.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ps 7:8–9The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- Dan 5:27TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
- 1 Sam 2:3Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
- Matt 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
- Isa 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
- Ps 17:2–3May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
- Ps 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- Josh 22:22“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
- Mic 6:11Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
- Ps 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
- Job 27:5–6I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
- Job 6:2“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
- Prov 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- 2 Tim 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- Ps 26:1Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
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