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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And you said that you have been led righteously and you have been pure in the eyes of your soul Brenton Septuagint Translation For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him. Contemporary English Version You claim to be innocent and argue that your beliefs are acceptable to God. Douay-Rheims Bible For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight. 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.' JPS Tanakh 1917 And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in Thine eyes.' Literal Standard Version And you say, My discourse [is] pure, | And I have been clean in Your eyes. Majority Standard Bible You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’ New American Bible Shall you say: “My teaching is pure, and I am clean in your sight”? NET Bible For you have said, 'My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.' New Revised Standard Version For you say, ‘My conduct is pure, and I am clean in God’s 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.’ Young's Literal Translation And thou sayest, 'Pure is my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.' Additional Translations ... 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 6:10 It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One. Job 10:7 though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand? Job 11:5 But if only God would speak and open His lips against you, Proverbs 4:2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. 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 (4) Clean in thine eyes is variously referred to God, to mortal men (Job 11:3), and to Job himself (Job 32:1). The first seems most to be preferred, for at all events Job had hypothetically spoken of himself as righteous before God (Job 10:15). (Comp. Job 9:30. &c.) Zophar, therefore, who professes superior wisdom, desires that God would show Job how far short he falls of it: that He would show him the hidden things, the secrets of wisdom; for sound wisdom is manifold: it has many aspects, and lies as it were fold over fold in unexpected complexities, defying the shallow and unscrutinising gaze; and were He to do this, Job would find out to his dismay that God still credited him part of the penalty due to him.Verse 4. - For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure. Job had certainly not said this in so many words. In fact, he had not spoken of his "doctrine" (לקח), nor had he called either his doctrine or his conduct absolutely pure (ז). But, no doubt, he had maintained, in a certain sense, his innocency; not, indeed, his entire freedom from sin or guilt, but his honest endeavour to serve God and lead a good life. This was the real point disputed between him and his "comforters;" they argued, from his sufferings, that he must be a "chief sinner;" he maintained, from the testimony of his conscience, that he was free from all heinous sins. And I am clean in thine eyes (see above, Job 9:30; Job 10:7). 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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