God’s Word Translation
Job 11:4
4You say, ‘My teaching is morally correct,’ and, ‘As you can see, I’m innocent.’
Job 11:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
- New International Version (NIV)You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)For you say, 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in God's eyes.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)For you have said, ‘My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in your eyes.’
Context of Job 11:4
2“Shouldn’t someone answer this flood of words? Should a good public speaker be acquitted? 3Should your empty talk silence others so that you can make fun of us without any shame? You say, ‘My teaching is morally correct,’ and, ‘As you can see, I’m innocent.’ 5I only wish God would speak and open his mouth ⌞to talk⌟ to you. 6He would tell you the secrets of wisdom, because ⌞true⌟ wisdom is twice ⌞as great as your wisdom⌟, and you would know that God forgets your sin.
Read all of Job 11Job 11:4 word by word
וַ֭תֹּאמֶר זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑י וּ֝בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 11:4
- Job 6:10Then I would still have comfort. I would be happy despite my endless pain, because I have not rejected the words of the Holy One.
- Job 10:7You know I’m not guilty, but there is no one to rescue me from your hands.
- 1 Peter 3:15But dedicate your lives to Christ as Lord. Always be ready to defend your confidence ⌞in God⌟ when anyone asks you to explain it. However, make your defense with gentleness and respect.
- Job 6:29Please change your mind. Don’t permit any injustice. Change your mind because I am still right about this!
- Job 7:20If I sin, what can I ⌞possibly⌟ do to you since you insist on spying on people? Why do you make me your target? I’ve become a burden even to myself.
- Job 9:2“Yes, I know that this is true. But how can a mortal be declared righteous to God?
- Job 14:4“If only an unclean person could become clean! It’s not possible.
- Job 34:5because Job has said, ‘I’m righteous, but God has taken away my rights.
- Job 35:2“Do you think this is right when you say, ‘My case is more just than God’s,’
Commentaries on Job 11:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4My doctrine is pure - לקחי likchi, "my assumptions." What I assume or take as right, and just, and true, are so; the precepts which I have formed, and the practice which I have founded on them, are all correct and perfect. Job had not exactly said, My doctrine and way of life are pure, and I am clean in thine eyes; but he had vindicated himself from their charges of secret sins and hypocrisy, and appealed to God for his general uprightness and sincerity…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4My doctrine is pure - The Septuagint instead of the word “doctrine” here reads “deeds,” ̓́ ergois the Syriac, “thou sayest I have acted justly.” But the word used here (לקח leqach ) means properly “fair speech” or “taking arguments,” that by which one is “taken” or captivated, from לקח lâqach “to take.” Then it means doctrine, or instruction, Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9. Here it means the views which Job had expressed. Dr. Good supposes that it means…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4My doctrine is sound: Job was not defining doctrine but was defending his own integrity.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. doctrine--purposely used of Job's speeches, which sounded like lessons of doctrine (De 32:2; Pr 4:2). thine--addressed to God. Job had maintained his sincerity against his friends suspicions, not faultlessness.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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