Job 11:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

For you have said, 'My doctrine is pure, and I am 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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,{H559} My doctrine{H3948} is pure,{H2134} And I am clean{H1249} in thine eyes.{H5869}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thou hast said{H559}{(H8799)}, My doctrine{H3948} is pure{H2134}, and I am clean{H1249} in thine eyes{H5869}.

• 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 there is none that can deliver out of Your hand.
• Job 6:10 : 10 Then I should still have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow. Let him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
• Job 6:29-30 : 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness is in it. 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? Cannot my palate discern perverse things?
• Job 7:20 : 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O preserver of men? Why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?
• Job 9:2-3 : 2 I know this is true: but how can a man be righteous before God? 3 If one wishes to contend with Him, he cannot answer Him one in a thousand.
• Job 14:4 : 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
• Job 34:5-6 : 5 For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my justice. 6 Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.
• Job 35:2 : 2 Do you think this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?
• 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;