Job 11:14 “if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to d…”

Job 11:14

if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

American Standard Version

If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

Geneva Bible 1599

If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.

Darby Translation

If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

Young's Literal Translation

If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

Bible in Basic English

If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;

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Cross references

“iniquity”

Job 4:7 Job 22:5 Isaiah 1:15

Job 4:7 · BSB

Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?

Job 22:5 · BSB

Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?

Isaiah 1:15 · BSB

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

“put it far”

Job 22:23 James 4:8 Job 34:32 Ezekiel 18:30 Ezekiel 18:31

Job 22:23 · BSB

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

James 4:8 · BSB

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Job 34:32 · BSB

Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’

Ezekiel 18:30 · BSB

Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

Ezekiel 18:31 · BSB

Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?

“let not”

Psalm 101:2 Zechariah 5:3 Zechariah 5:4

Psalm 101:2 · BSB

I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

Zechariah 5:3 · BSB

Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.

Zechariah 5:4 · BSB

I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

15then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid.

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