Job 31:5

If ¹  I have walked in falsehood, and if ²  my foot has hastened ³  to deceit –

Ps 4:2; Ps 7:3-5; Ps 12:2; Ps 44:20,21; Pr 12:11; Jer 2:5; Eze 13:8

¹ tn The normal approach is to take this as the protasis, and then have it resumed in v. 7 after a parenthesis in v. 6. But some take v. 6 as the apodosis and a new protasis in v. 7.

² tn The “if” is understood by the use of the consecutive verb.

³ sn The verbs “walk” and “hasten” (referring in the verse to the foot) are used metaphorically for the manner of life Job lived.