Job 11:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For you say, 'My teaching is pure, and I have been clean in your eyes.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַ֭תֹּאמֶר זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑י וּ֝בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

wə-tōʾmer zak liqḥi u-var hayiti və-ʿeneyka

Grammar Details

• *wə-tōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - and you say
• *zak*: adjective masculine singular - pure
• *liqḥi*: noun masculine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - my doctrine/teaching
• *u-var*: conjunction + adjective masculine singular - and pure/clean
• *hayiti*: qal perfect 1st common singular - I have been
• *və-ʿeneyka*: preposition + noun feminine dual construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your eyes

Word Meanings

• *zak*: pure/clean/clear
• *liqḥi*: my doctrine/my teaching/my insight
• *var*: pure/clean/clear
• *ʿeneyka*: your eyes/your sight/your opinion

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For you have said, 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.'

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wilt thou saye vnto God: The thinge that I take in honde, is perfecte, & I am clene in thy sight?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thou hast sayde, my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you say, 'My doctrine is pure, I am clean in your eyes.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou sayest, `Pure `is' my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you say, 'My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For you have said,‘My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.’

Referenced Verses

• Job 10:7 : 7 You know that I am not wicked, and that no one can deliver me from Your hand.
• Job 6:10 : 10 It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
• Job 6:29-30 : 29 Relent, let there be no injustice; yes, relent, my righteousness still stands. 30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can my palate not discern disaster?
• Job 7:20 : 20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?
• Job 9:2-3 : 2 Truly, I know this is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God? 3 If someone desired to argue with Him, they could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
• Job 14:4 : 4 Who can bring what is pure out of the unclean? No one.
• Job 34:5-6 : 5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.' 6 Though I am innocent, I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I have committed no offense.
• Job 35:2 : 2 Do you think this is justice, when you say, 'My righteousness is greater than God's'?
• 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But honor the Lord as holy in your hearts. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.