New King James Version
Job 11:14
14If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away, And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
Job 11:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
- New International Version (NIV)if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
- English Standard Version (ESV)If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Get rid of your sins, and leave all iniquity behind you.
Context of Job 11:14
12For an empty-headed man will be wise, When a wild donkey’s colt is born a man. 13“If you would prepare your heart, And stretch out your hands toward Him; If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away, And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents; 15Then surely you could lift up your face without spot; Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear; 16Because you would forget your misery, And remember it as waters that have passed away,
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אִם־אָ֣וֶן בְּ֭יָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּ֖ן בְּאֹהָלֶ֣יךָ עַוְלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 11:14
- Job 4:7“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off?
- Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquity without end?
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
- Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
- Job 34:32Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?
- Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.
- James 4:8Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Psalms 101:2I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
- Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: ‘Every thief shall be expelled,’ according to this side of the scroll; and, ‘Every perjurer shall be expelled,’ according to that side of it.”
Commentaries on Job 11:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14If iniquity be in thine hand - If you have in your possession anything that has been unjustly obtained. If you have oppressed the poor and the fatherless, and have what properly belongs to them, let it be restored. This is the obvious duty of one who comes to God to implore his favor; compare Luke 19:8.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 Zophar exhorts Job to repentance, and gives him encouragement, yet mixed with hard thoughts of him. He thought that worldly prosperity was always the lot of the righteous, and that Job was to be deemed a hypocrite unless his prosperity was restored. Then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; that is, thou mayst come boldly to the throne of grace, and not with the terror and amazement expressed in ch. 9:34. If we are looked upon in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14Zophar outlined three conditions for restoration (11:15): Direct your heart. This is an internal action beyond mere ceremony. Lift up your hands. This is a symbolic gesture of prayer, appeal, or act of surrendering (Exodus 9:29; Proverbs 1:24; Isaiah 1:15). Put away the iniquity. This is not through sacrifice and regret, but by quitting the sin in view (compare Hebrews 11:6; James 4:8; 5:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Rather, "if thou wilt put far away the iniquity in thine hand" (as Zaccheus did, Lu 19:8). The apodosis or conclusion is at Job 11:15, "then shalt thou," &c.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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