"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."
— Author Unknown
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie
Date
1611
Metaphor
"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."
Metaphor in Context
4: Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5: If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
6: Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
7: 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;
8: Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9: If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
10: Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
(Job 31:4-10)
5: If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
6: Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
7: 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;
8: Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9: If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
10: Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
(Job 31:4-10)
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Provenance
Searching KJV at UVA's Electronic Text Center
Citation
See The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Reuised, by His Maiesties Speciall Co[m]mandement. Appointed to Be Read in Churches. (Imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie, Anno Dom. 1611). <Link to ESTC><Link to ESTC>
Text from Bible, King James. University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center.
Text from Bible, King James. University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center.
Date of Entry
07/09/2003
Date of Review
10/23/2003
