Parallel Verses
Amplified
“For you have said, ‘My teaching (doctrine) [that God knowingly afflicts the righteous] is pure,
And I am innocent in your eyes.’
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Holman Bible
and I am pure in Your sight.”
International Standard Version
You've said, "My teaching is flawless; I'm clean in God's sight.'
A Conservative Version
For thou say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
American Standard Version
For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.
Bible in Basic English
You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.
Darby Translation
For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou wilt say, My instruction is pure, and I was clean in thine eyes.
King James 2000
For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you say, 'My teaching [is] pure, and I am clean in your sight.'
Modern King James verseion
For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Your eyes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wilt thou say unto God, 'The thing that I take in hand is perfect, and I am clean in thy sight'?
NET Bible
For you have said, 'My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.'
New Heart English Bible
For you say, 'My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.'
The Emphasized Bible
Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
Webster
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thy eyes.
World English Bible
For you say, 'My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.'
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou sayest, 'Pure is my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 11:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zophar's First Response To Job
3
“Should your boasts and babble silence men?
And shall you scoff and no one put you to shame?
“For you have said, ‘My teaching (doctrine) [that God knowingly afflicts the righteous] is pure,
And I am innocent in your eyes.’
“But oh, that God would speak,
And open His lips [to speak] against you,
Cross References
Job 10:7
‘Although You know that I am not guilty or wicked,
Yet there is no one who can rescue me from Your hand.
Job 6:10
“Then I would still have consolation,
And I would jump for joy amid unsparing pain,
That I have not denied or hidden the words of the Holy One.
Job 6:29-30
“Turn away [from your suspicion], let there be no injustice;
Turn away, my righteousness and vindication is still in it.
Job 7:20
“If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done to You,
O Watcher of mankind?
Why have You set me as a target for You,
So that I am a burden to myself?
Job 9:2-3
“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?
Job 14:4
“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!
Job 34:5-6
“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous [and innocent],
But God has taken away my right;
Job 35:2
“Do you think this is according to [your] justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
1 Peter 3:15
But in your hearts set Christ apart [as holy—acknowledging Him, giving Him first place in your lives] as Lord. Always be ready to give a [logical] defense to anyone who asks you to account for the hope and confident assurance [elicited by faith] that is within you, yet [do it] with gentleness and respect.