Job 11:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:7 : 7 Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?
  • Job 6:10 : 10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.
  • Job 6:29-30 : 29 Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me. 30 Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?
  • Job 7:20 : 20 If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?
  • Job 9:2-3 : 2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God? 3 If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.
  • Job 14:4 : 4 If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
  • Job 34:5-6 : 5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right; 6 Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.
  • Job 35:2 : 2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 5 But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

  • Job 33:8-9
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    8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

    9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

  • Job 35:2-3
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    76%

    2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

    3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

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    24 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

    25 Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

  • 13 Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?

  • Ps 18:23-24
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    23 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

    24 Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

  • 3 Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

  • Job 14:3-4
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    3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

    4 If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.

  • 17 Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

  • 35 And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.

  • 9 Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

  • 17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • 4 Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

  • Job 9:30-31
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    30 If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;

    31 Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

  • 12 There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

  • 15 Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

  • 4 He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.

  • 5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

  • 10 For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.

  • 3 You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

  • 4 For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.

  • 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • 6 That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

  • 27 He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

  • 5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • 12 And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.

  • 21 These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.

  • 6 Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

  • 26 He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

  • 7 If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

  • 32 ...

  • 4 Have you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?

  • Job 15:12-13
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    12 Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;

    13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

  • 4 Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

  • 13 As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

  • 22 For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.

  • 3 My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

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    4 For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.

  • 5 Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

  • 140 Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.

  • 4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

  • 16 Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

  • 28 Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.