Job 31:6

let him ¹  weigh me with honest ²  scales; then God will discover ³  my integrity.

Jos 22:22; 1Sa 2:3; Ps 1:6; Ps 7:8,9; Ps 17:2,3; Ps 26:1; Ps 139:23; Pr 16:11; Isa 26:7; Da 5:27; Mic 6:11; Mt 7:23; 2Ti 2:19

¹ tn “God” is undoubtedly the understood subject of this jussive. However, “him” is retained in the translation at this point to avoid redundancy since “God” occurs in the second half of the verse.

² tn The word צֶדֶךְ (tsedeq, “righteousness”) forms a fitting genitive for the scales used in trade or justice. The “scales of righteousness” are scales that conform to the standard (see the illustration in Deut 25:13-15). They must be honest scales to make just decisions.

³ tn The verb is וְיֵדַע (vÿyeda’, “and [then] he [God] will know”). The verb could also be subordinated to the preceding jussive, “so that God may know.” The meaning of “to know” here has more the idea of “to come to know; to discover.”