I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
The verse belongs to the debate between Job and his three friends over his afflictions in chapters 4 to 31, which consists of three circles of speeches by each. It is Job's defense and protestation of his integrity, in which he would declare the number of his steps and his whole course of conduct and would approach God openly with a prince's confidence, accounting for every step he had taken. It is part of his challenge to his friends and his appeal for judgment if any moral stain is found in him.
True honesty is open, upright integrity before God, declared in the number of his steps and in drawing near to God as a prince. Such openness before God is much stronger proof of honesty than merely being free from debt to fellow men.
Though one of the richest men of his day, Job did not trust in his riches nor rejoice because his wealth was great. He trusted in the living God and remembered that God gave him power to get wealth. He viewed wealth always only as a means of blessing the poor, the needy, the fatherless, and the widow, holding all subject to God's call.
The verse belongs to the debate between Job and his three friends over his afflictions in chapters 4 to 31, which consists of three circles of speeches by each. It is Job's defense and protestation of his integrity, in which he would declare the number of his steps and his whole course of conduct and would approach God openly with a prince's confidence, accounting for every step he had taken. It is part of his challenge to his friends and his appeal for judgment if any moral stain is found in him.
True honesty is open, upright integrity before God, declared in the number of his steps and in drawing near to God as a prince. Such openness before God is much stronger proof of honesty than merely being free from debt to fellow men.
Though one of the richest men of his day, Job did not trust in his riches nor rejoice because his wealth was great. He trusted in the living God and remembered that God gave him power to get wealth. He viewed wealth always only as a means of blessing the poor, the needy, the fatherless, and the widow, holding all subject to God's call.