Ayub 31:5

31:5 If ¹  I have walked in falsehood,

and if ²  my foot has hastened ³  to deceit –

[31:5]  ¹ tn The normal approach is to take this as the protasis, and then have it resumed in v. 7 after a parenthesis in v. 6. But some take v. 6 as the apodosis and a new protasis in v. 7.

[31:5]  ² tn The “if” is understood by the use of the consecutive verb.

[31:5]  ³ sn The verbs “walk” and “hasten” (referring in the verse to the foot) are used metaphorically for the manner of life Job lived.