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Job 11:14

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11:14if36 iniquity is in your hand—put it far away,37

and do not let evil reside in your tents.

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Footnotes

  1. 36 Verse 14 should be taken as a parenthesis and not a continuation of the protasis, because it does not fit with v. 13 in that way (D. J. A. Clines, Job [], ).
  2. 37 Many commentators follow the and read the line “if you put away the sin that is in your hand.” They do this because the imperative comes between the protasis (v. 13) and the apodosis (v. 15) and does not appear to be clearly part of the protasis. The idea is close to the , but the is much more forceful—if you find sin in your hand, get rid of it.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,

and let not injustice dwell in your tents.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

if you put away the sin that is in your hand

and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,

and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents—

NLTNew Living Translation

Get rid of your sins,

and leave all iniquity behind you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,

and you must not let wickedness reside in your tents—

KJV 1900King James Version

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away,

And let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.