Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.’ New Living Translation You claim, ‘My beliefs are pure,’ and ‘I am clean in the sight of God.’ English Standard Version For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in God’s eyes.’ Berean Standard Bible You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’ King James Bible For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. New King James Version For you have said, ‘My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in your eyes.’ New American Standard Bible “For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.’ NASB 1995 “For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.’ NASB 1977 “For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.’ Legacy Standard Bible You have said, ‘My learning is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.’ Amplified Bible “For you have said, ‘My teaching (doctrine) [that God knowingly afflicts the righteous] is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.’ Christian Standard Bible You have said, “My teaching is sound, and I am pure in your sight.” Holman Christian Standard Bible You have said, “My teaching is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.” American Standard Version For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes. Contemporary English Version You claim to be innocent and argue that your beliefs are acceptable to God. English Revised Version For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. GOD'S WORD® Translation You say, 'My teaching is morally correct,' and, 'As you can see, I'm innocent.' Good News Translation You claim that what you say is true; you claim you are pure in the sight of God. International Standard Version You've said, 'My teaching is flawless; I'm clean in God's sight.' Majority Standard Bible You have said, ?My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.? NET Bible For you have said, 'My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.' New Heart English Bible For you say, 'My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.' Webster's Bible Translation For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thy eyes. World English Bible For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’ Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd you say, My discourse [is] pure, "" And I have been clean in Your eyes. Young's Literal Translation And thou sayest, 'Pure is my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.' Smith's Literal Translation And thou wilt say, My instruction is pure, and I was clean in thine eyes. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight. Catholic Public Domain Version For you said: “My word is pure, and I am clean in your sight.” New American Bible Shall you say: “My teaching is pure, and I am clean in your sight”? New Revised Standard Version For you say, ‘My conduct is pure, and I am clean in God’s sight.’ Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor you say, I was led righteously, and I am pure in my sight. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you said that you have been led righteously and you have been pure in the eyes of your soul OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in Thine eyes.' Brenton Septuagint Translation For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Zophar Rebukes Job…3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke? 4You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’ 5But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,… Cross References Job 9:20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty. Job 33:9 ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. Job 15:14-16 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? / If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes, / how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water? Job 32:1 So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Job 35:2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’ Psalm 18:23 And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity. Psalm 26:6 I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD, Psalm 51:4 Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. Psalm 73:13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands. Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”? Isaiah 64:6 Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. Luke 18:9-14 To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: / “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. / The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ... Romans 3:9-10 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin. / As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 10:3 Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. Treasury of Scripture For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes. For thou Job 6:10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. Job 10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. 1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: I am clean Job 6:29,30 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it… Job 7:20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? Job 9:2,3 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? … Jump to Previous Beliefs Clean Discourse Doctrine Eyes Flawless Free God's Innocent Pure Sight Sin Teaching WayJump to Next Beliefs Clean Discourse Doctrine Eyes Flawless Free God's Innocent Pure Sight Sin Teaching WayJob 11 1. Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself5. God's wisdom is unsearchable 13. The assured blessing of repentance You have said This phrase introduces the words of Zophar, one of Job's friends, who is responding to Job's previous speeches. In the Hebrew text, the verb used here is "אָמַרְתָּ" (amarta), which is a simple past tense form of "to say." This indicates a direct accusation or claim about what Job has expressed. Zophar is asserting that Job has made a declaration about his own righteousness and understanding, setting the stage for Zophar's argument that Job's self-assessment is flawed. This reflects the broader theme of the book of Job, where human understanding and divine wisdom are contrasted. My doctrine is sound and I am pure in Your sight Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You have said,וַ֭תֹּאמֶר (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘My doctrine [is] לִקְחִ֑י (liq·ḥî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3948: Something received, instruction, inveiglement sound, זַ֣ךְ (zaḵ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2134: Pure, clean and I am הָיִ֥יתִי (hā·yî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be pure וּ֝בַ֗ר (ū·ḇar) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct Strong's 1249: Beloved, pure, empty in Your sight.’ בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ (ḇə·‘ê·ne·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain Links Job 11:4 NIVJob 11:4 NLT Job 11:4 ESV Job 11:4 NASB Job 11:4 KJV Job 11:4 BibleApps.com Job 11:4 Biblia Paralela Job 11:4 Chinese Bible Job 11:4 French Bible Job 11:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 11:4 For you say 'My doctrine is pure (Jb) |
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