Job 23:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

My foot has held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  My foot{H7272} hath held{H270} fast to his steps;{H838} His way{H1870} have I kept,{H8104} and turned not aside.{H5186}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  My foot{H7272} hath held{H270}{(H8804)} his steps{H838}, his way{H1870} have I kept{H8104}{(H8804)}, and not declined{H5186}{(H8686)}.

• 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 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from Your way;
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity; peace shall be upon Israel.
• Ps 17:5 : 5 Hold up my steps in your paths, that my footsteps do not slip.
• Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on to his way, and he that has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 To those who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life:
• 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "The dog returns to his own vomit," and "the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."
• 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
• Acts 20:18-19 : 18 And when they had come to him, he said to them, "You know, from the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived among you, 19 serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me by the plotting of the Jews;
• Ps 18:20-24 : 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. 24 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
• Ps 36:3 : 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.
• Zeph 1:6 : 6 And those that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for Him.
• Luke 8:13-15 : 13 They on the rock are they, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 14 And that which fell among thorns are they, who, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity. 15 But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• 1 Sam 12:2-5 : 2 And now, behold, the king walks before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood until this day. 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it to you. 4 And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from any man's hand. 5 And he said to them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
• Acts 20:33-34 : 33 I have coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. 34 Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.