“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;”
If my step has turned from the way or my heart has gone after my eyes or any spot has adhered to my hands, extending the conditional structure with additional moral claims: if Job has strayed from the path, been ruled by desire, or allowed any evil to attach to him, then may judgment follow. The multiple conditions create a comprehensive moral self-examination. The heart going after eyes suggests ruling of reason by desire. The spot adhering to hands suggests moral contamination. The verse emphasizes the totality of Job's moral commitment.
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