Bible Strands
Job 11:14
if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Zophar addresses Job during the second cycle of their debate, responding to Job’s protestations of innocence.
The words — הַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּ (har.chi.Ke.hu) means put far away/it, and עַוְלָֽה ('avlah) means injustice.
The thread — The conditional structure and imagery of removing injustice from one's tents appears in Job 22:23, while the call to cleanse hands and draw near to God parallels James 4:8. The immediate context in Job 11:13–15 frames this action as a prerequisite for restored standing.
Why it lands — The text states that removing personal wrongdoing and permitting no corruption in one's domestic sphere is the condition for unblemished fellowship with God. It demands concrete behavioral change rather than mere verbal defense.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Cross-references
- Job 22:23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
- Job 4:7 Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
- James 4:8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Job 22:5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
- Job 34:32 Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
- Psalms 101:2 I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
- Isaiah 1:15 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.
- Ezekiel 18:30 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.
- Zechariah 5:3 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.