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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Get rid of your sins, and leave all iniquity behind you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If iniquity <i>be</i> in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If iniquity <i>were</i> in your hand, <i>and you</i> put it far away, And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If wrongdoing is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let malice dwell in your tents;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If wickedness is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If sin is in your hand, put it far away [from you], And do not let wrongdoing dwell in your tents;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it, and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents —<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it, and don&#8217t allow injustice to dwell in your tents— <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and give up your sins--even those you do in secret. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If you're holding on to sin, put it far away, and don't let injustice live in your tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Put away evil and wrong from your home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If you have any iniquity, throw it far away. Don't let evil live in your residence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />if iniquity is in your hand--put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, "" And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> If iniquity is in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If iniquity in thy hand, remove it far off, and wickedness shall not dwell in thy tents.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand, and lot not injustice remain in thy tabernacle: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If you would send away from you the iniquity that is in your hand, and not let injustice remain in your tabernacle,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If iniquity is in your hand, remove it, and do not let injustice dwell in your tent, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness reside in your tents.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If iniquity should be in your hands, he would put it far away, and not let wickedness dwell in your tabernacle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If there was evil in your hands, he was removing it far away, and evil did not camp in your tent<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/11-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1719" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/11.htm">Zophar Rebukes Job</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him, <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/7368.htm" title="7368: har·ḥî·qê·hū (V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 3ms) -- To be or become far or distant. A primitive root; to widen, i.e. recede or remove.">you put away</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">the iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yā·ḏə·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">in your hand,</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: wə·’al- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">and allow no</a> <a href="/hebrew/5766.htm" title="5766: ‘aw·lāh (N-fs) -- Injustice, unrighteousness. Or lavel; and lavlah; or owlah; or.olah; from aval; evil.">injustice</a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931: taš·kên (V-Hifil-Imperf.Jus-2ms) -- A primitive root (by transmission) to shakab through the idea of lodging; compare cikluwth, shakam); to reside or permanently stay.">to dwell</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: bə·’ō·hā·le·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">in your tents,</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8</a></span><br />Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16</a></span><br />Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/66-18.htm">Psalm 66:18</a></span><br />If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-1.htm">2 Corinthians 7:1</a></span><br />Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-13.htm">Proverbs 28:13</a></span><br />He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a></span><br />Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Matthew 5:23-24</a></span><br />So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm">Ezekiel 18:31</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/24-3.htm">Psalm 24:3-4</a></span><br />Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? / He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-1.htm">1 Peter 2:1</a></span><br />Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm">Jeremiah 4:14</a></span><br />Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-1.htm">Hebrews 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-21.htm">2 Timothy 2:21</a></span><br />So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Psalm 51:10</a></span><br />Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tabernacles.</p><p class="hdg">iniquity</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/4-7.htm">Job 4:7</a></b></br> Remember, I pray thee, who <i>ever</i> perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-5.htm">Job 22:5</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">put it far</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23</a></b></br> If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/34-32.htm">Job 34:32</a></b></br> <i>That which</i> I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30,31</a></b></br> Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn <i>yourselves</i> from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin… </p><p class="hdg">let not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/101-2.htm">Psalm 101:2</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/5-3.htm">Zechariah 5:3,4</a></b></br> Then said he unto me, This <i>is</i> the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off <i>as</i> on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off <i>as</i> on that side according to it… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/9-18.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/job/4-19.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/job/11-11.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/5-4.htm">Far</a> <a href="/job/11-13.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/11-13.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/11-11.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/job/6-30.htm">Perverseness</a> <a href="/job/11-6.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/ezra/3-4.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/job/8-22.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/job/8-22.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/job/5-16.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/job/11-11.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/job/10-14.htm">Wrong</a> <a href="/job/10-6.htm">Wrongdoing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/15-13.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/job/17-2.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/job/15-16.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/13-21.htm">Far</a> <a href="/job/12-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/12-6.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/14-17.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/job/13-7.htm">Perverseness</a> <a href="/job/11-15.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/job/12-6.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/job/18-6.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/job/12-6.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/job/15-16.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/job/20-12.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/job/12-4.htm">Wrong</a> <a href="/job/14-17.htm">Wrongdoing</a><div class="vheading2">Job 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/11-1.htm">Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/11-5.htm">God's wisdom is unsearchable</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/11-13.htm">The assured blessing of repentance</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>if you put away the iniquity in your hand</b><br>This phrase suggests a call to personal repentance and moral cleansing. In the context of the Book of Job, Zophar is urging Job to examine his life for any hidden sins. The "hand" symbolizes actions and deeds, implying that Job should rid himself of any wrongdoing. Biblically, the hand often represents power and action (<a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Isaiah 59:3</a>). The call to put away iniquity echoes the broader biblical theme of repentance found in passages like <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-17</a> and <a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8</a>. Theologically, this reflects the necessity of personal holiness and the rejection of sin to maintain a right relationship with God.<p><b>and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents</b><br>The "tents" symbolize one's household or personal life, suggesting that righteousness should permeate all aspects of one's existence. In ancient Near Eastern culture, the tent was a central part of family life, representing one's home and personal domain. The call to allow no injustice to dwell indicates a comprehensive approach to righteousness, extending beyond personal actions to include the environment one creates and maintains. This aligns with the biblical principle of justice and righteousness as seen in <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a> and <a href="/psalms/101-7.htm">Psalm 101:7</a>. The phrase underscores the importance of integrity and justice within one's family and community, reflecting God's character and expectations for His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, undergoing severe trials and suffering.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zophar_the_naamathite.htm">Zophar the Naamathite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Zophar is speaking, offering his perspective on Job's suffering and urging him to repent.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/iniquity_and_injustice.htm">Iniquity and Injustice</a></b><br>These terms refer to moral wrongdoing and unfairness, which Zophar suggests Job must remove from his life to restore his relationship with God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tents.htm">Tents</a></b><br>Symbolic of one's household or personal life, representing the sphere of influence and responsibility.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_personal_holiness.htm">Call to Personal Holiness</a></b><br>Zophar's advice underscores the importance of personal holiness and integrity. Believers are called to examine their lives and remove any sin or injustice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_as_a_path_to_restoration.htm">Repentance as a Path to Restoration</a></b><br>The verse highlights repentance as a crucial step in restoring one's relationship with God. It is a reminder that God desires a contrite heart and a willingness to turn from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_influence_of_our_household.htm">The Influence of Our Household</a></b><br>The reference to "tents" suggests that our personal and family lives should reflect righteousness. Believers are encouraged to ensure that their homes are places of justice and integrity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_friends_in_spiritual_growth.htm">The Role of Friends in Spiritual Growth</a></b><br>Zophar, despite his flawed understanding, represents the role of friends in challenging and encouraging us towards spiritual growth. We should seek and offer godly counsel.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_11_14-15_conflict_with_later_suffering.htm">In Job 11:14–15, Zophar insists removing sin brings security and fearlessness; does this conflict with later accounts of righteous suffering in the Bible? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_righteous_still_suffer.htm">If the psalm pronounces that the righteous will be vindicated (verse 11), why do many faithful people still suffer injustice without apparent divine intervention?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_some_'wicked_houses'_prosper.htm">Proverbs 14:11: Why have some 'wicked houses' throughout history prospered instead of being destroyed?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_god_'great'_amid_injustice.htm">Jeremiah 32:18-19: How can God be described as both 'great in counsel' and 'mighty in deed' when injustice and tragedy are still prevalent in the world?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If iniquity be in thine hand</span>. Zophar assumes this to be probable, nay, almost certain. He has already told Job that God has exacted from him less than his iniquity (<span class="hebrew">און</span>, the same word) deserves (ver. 6). Conformably with this view, he now suggests that it would not do for Job to stretch out to God in prayer a hand full of iniquity, and that therefore, previously to making his supplication, he would do well to lay his iniquity aside. In a general way, the advice is excellent; but it was insulting to Job, who denied that he had any definite act of sin on his conscience. <span class="cmt_word">Put it far away</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> repent of it, confess it to God; if the case admits of it, make reparation or restitution. <span class="cmt_word">And let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles</span>; or, in thy tents. The insinuation seems to be that Job is a robber chief, and that his tent and the tents of his followers are full of ill-gotten spoils, the fruit of his raids upon the defenceless. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/11-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you put away</span><br /><span class="heb">הַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(har·ḥî·qê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7368.htm">Strong's 7368: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become far or distant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the iniquity</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֣וֶן</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·wen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your hand,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֭יָדְךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yā·ḏə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and allow no</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">injustice</span><br /><span class="heb">עַוְלָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘aw·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5766.htm">Strong's 5766: </a> </span><span class="str2">Injustice, unrighteousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to dwell</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּשְׁכֵּ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(taš·kên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7931.htm">Strong's 7931: </a> </span><span class="str2">To settle down, abide, dwell</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your tents,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאֹהָלֶ֣יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ō·hā·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/11-14.htm">OT Poetry: Job 11:14 If iniquity is in your hand put (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/11-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 11:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 11:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/11-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 11:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 11:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>