Job 23:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way and not turned aside.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּ֭אֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכּ֖וֹ שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי וְלֹא־אָֽט׃

Transliteration

baʾăšurô ʾāḥăzâ raglî darkô šāmartî wə-lōʾ-ʾāṭ

Grammar Details

• *baʾăšurô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his step/path
• *ʾāḥăzâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has held
• *raglî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my foot
• *darkô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his way
• *šāmartî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have kept
• *wə-lōʾ-ʾāṭ*: conjunction + negative particle + Qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I have not turned aside

Word Meanings

• *ʾāšur*: step, going, pace, path
• *ʾāḥaz*: to take, seize, hold, grasp
• *regel*: foot, leg
• *derek*: way, path, journey, conduct
• *šāmar*: to keep, watch, preserve, guard
• *nāṭâ*: to turn aside, incline, stretch out, deviate

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  My foot has held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuertheles my fete kepe his path, his hye strete haue I holden, and not gone out of it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  My foote doth kepe his path, his hie way haue I holden, and will not go out of it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  My foot has held fast to his steps. His way have I kept, and not turned aside.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.

• World English Bible (2000)

  My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 44:18 : 18 All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You, nor have we been false to Your covenant.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Ps 17:5 : 5 Hold steady my steps in your paths so that my feet do not slip.
• Job 17:9 : 9 Yet the righteous hold to their way, and those with clean hands grow stronger.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 To those who seek glory, honor, and immortality by persistence in doing good, He will give eternal life.
• 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if, after escaping the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 Of them the true proverb has come true: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud."
• 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity, not relying on worldly wisdom but on God's grace.
• Acts 20:18-19 : 18 When they arrived, he said to them, 'You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in Asia.' 19 'I served the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.'
• Ps 18:20-24 : 20 He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me. 21 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 All His judgments are before me, and I have not turned away from His statutes. 24 I was blameless before Him and kept myself from my iniquity.
• Ps 36:3 : 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.
• Zeph 1:6 : 6 And I will remove those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.
• Luke 8:13-15 : 13 The seed on the rocky ground represents those who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in times of testing, they fall away. 14 The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by life's worries, riches, and pleasures, and they do not mature. 15 But the seed on good soil represents those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and produce a harvest through perseverance.
• 1 Sam 12:2-5 : 2 Now here is the king walking before you, but I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day. 3 Here I am. Testify against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded or oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes to wrongdoing? If so, I will restore it to you. 4 They replied, 'You have not defrauded us, oppressed us, or taken anything from anyone’s hand.' 5 Samuel said to them, 'The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.' 'He is a witness,' they said.
• Acts 20:33-34 : 33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver, gold, or clothing. 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and those of my companions.