Job 11:14
12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
- KJV
- If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
- WEB
- If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
- ASV
- If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
- DARBY
- If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
- BLB
- if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let injustice dwell in your tents.
- ÅB
- er det synd i din hånd, da ha den bort og la ikke urett bo i dine telt -
- OTB
- hvis det er noe galt i din hånd, fjern det,
og la ikke ondskap bo i dine telt, - B1930
- er det synd i din hånd, da ha den bort og la ikke urett bo i dine telt -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 22:23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Read in contextJames 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Read in contextJob 4:7
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Read in contextPsalms 101:2
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Read in contextZechariah 5:3–4
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
Read in contextJob 34:32
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Read in contextJob 22:5
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
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