Job 11 · Verse 14

Job 11:14

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Job 11:14, King James Version

Job 11:14 in other translations

BSBif you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
WEBIf iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
ASVIf iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
YLTIf iniquity is in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.
DARBYIf thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
BBEIf you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;
WebsterIf iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

What does Job 11:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. 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.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 11:13-20

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…

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Job 11:14 in the original Hebrew

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אִם\־'im-ifH518
אָ֣וֶן'A.venwickednessH205
בְּ֭יָדְךָBe.ya.de.kha[is] in hand yourH3027
הַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּhar.chi.Ke.huput far away itH7368
וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may notH408
תַּשְׁכֵּ֖ןtash.Kenyou cause to dwellH7931
בְּאֹהָלֶ֣יךָbe.'o.ha.Lei.khain tents yourH168
עַוְלָֽה\׃'av.LahinjusticeH5766

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Cross references for Job 11:14

  • Job 22:23

    If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

  • James 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.

  • Job 4:7

    Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

  • Psalms 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.

  • Isaiah 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.

  • Zechariah 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. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

  • Job 34:32

    That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  • Job 22:5

    Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

  • Ezekiel 18:30-31

    Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
iniquity.
4:7; 22:5; Isa 1:15
put it far.
22:23; 34:32; Eze 18:30,31; Jas 4:8
let not.
Ps 101:2; Zec 5:3,4

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Context

  • Job 11:13

    If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

  • Job 11:14

    If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

  • Job 11:15

    For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

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Job 11:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Si alguna iniquidad hubiere en tu mano, y la echares de ti, y no consintieres que more maldad en tus habitaciones;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Si tu éloignes l’iniquité qui est dans ta main, et que tu ne laisses pas l’injustice demeurer dans tes tentes,
German
Elberfelder 1871		wenn Frevel in deiner Hand ist, so entferne ihn, und laß Unrecht nicht wohnen in deinen Zelten,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Si iniquitatem quæ est in manu tua abstuleris a te, et non manserit in tabernaculo tuo injustitia,