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Job 31:7-8
7 If my step ['ashur] hath turned out [natah] of the way [derek], and mine heart [leb] walked [halak] after ['achar] mine eyes [`ayin], and if any blot [m'uwm] hath cleaved [dabaq] to mine hands [kaph];
8 Then let me sow [zara`], and let another ['acher] eat ['akal]; yea, let my offspring [tse'etsa'] be rooted out [sharash]. KJV-Interlinear
7 'If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands, 8 Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted. NASB
The steps of a person are the patterns of life he has chosen to follow. The heart is representative of the pump of the soul. The heart is the circulation of the information within the soul, or the active thought process. The hands represent the overt or physical activity, moment to moment, day to day, of the individual.
Turning out of the way, is an expression for one who has turned away from what is right and true. It is one who has turned away from God, from Christ, from doctrine, from their spiritual life. And when you turn away from truth, then you obviously turn toward lies.
Any pattern of life, whether you justify it within your own mind, whether it brings harm to anyone else or not, whether it seems reasonable to you, but it is not consistent with the principles taught within the Bible, these patterns are false.
And choosing a pattern of life follows the thought pattern within your soul. And the obvious result is that you will act overtly (the hands) based on what you think.
Anything that you do (the sowing), and anything that you possess (the crops) will come to nothing.
When you live your life outside of that which God has designed for you, you will end up with nothing.
Anything you do will end up benefiting someone else. Anything you own, will end up giving pleasure, the pleasure of ownership, to someone else.
And if you have read through the parables, then you know, or should know, that spiritually positive believers, will end up with everything. They may suffer now during this time in history, but there is coming a day when all positive believers will inherit and possess it all.
The ultimate evaluation is not yours to give. No person will decide for any other person, the ultimate outcome of ones life and destiny. That is Christs' right.
Job states boldly that he is ready for such an evaluation. His friends have accused him of wickedness, but he defers to God, and is more than willing to accept Gods decision.
Jobs present situation in suffering is irrelevant, and he knows it.
