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Youngs Literal Translation
And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, Some of thine iniquity.
New American Standard Bible
For sound wisdom
Know then that God
King James Version
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Holman Bible
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin.
International Standard Version
and disclose his wise secrets? After all, there's so much more to understanding. So be aware that God will exact from you less than your sin deserves."
A Conservative Version
and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.
American Standard Version
And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Amplified
And [that He would] show you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom
Know therefore that God forgets a part of your wickedness and guilt.
Bible in Basic English
And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!
Darby Translation
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by much of thine iniquity!
Julia Smith Translation
And he shall announce to thee hidden things of wisdom, for they are the double for understanding. And know thou that God will set to thee from thine iniquity.
King James 2000
And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and [that] he would tell you [the] secrets of wisdom, for {insight has many sides}. And know that God {on your behalf} has forgotten {some of} your guilt.
Modern King James verseion
and would tell you the secrets of His wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold? Know therefore that God forgets for you some of your iniquity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that he might show thee out of his secret wisdom how manifold his law is! Then shouldest thou know that God had forgotten thee, because of thy sins.
NET Bible
and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom -- for true wisdom has two sides -- so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.
New Heart English Bible
that he would show you the secrets of wisdom. For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
The Emphasized Bible
That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is, - -Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.
Webster
And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thy iniquity deserveth.
World English Bible
that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 11:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zophar's First Response To Job
5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee. 6 And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, Some of thine iniquity. 7 By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
Cross References
Ezra 9:13
'And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this),
Deuteronomy 29:29
The things hidden are to Jehovah our God, and the things revealed are to us and to our sons -- to the age, to do all the words of this law.
Job 9:4
Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?
Job 15:5
For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
Job 15:8
Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
Job 15:11
Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word is with thee,
Job 28:28
And He saith to man: -- 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'
Psalm 25:14
The secret of Jehovah is for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know.
Psalm 103:10
Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.
Psalm 106:43-46
Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.
Lamentations 3:22
The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
Daniel 2:28
but there is a God in the heavens, a revealer of secrets, and He hath made known to king Nebuchadnezzar that which is to be in the latter end of the days. 'Thy dream and the visions of thy head on thy bed are these:
Daniel 2:47
The king hath answered Daniel and said, 'Of a truth it is that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since thou hast been able to reveal this secret.'
Matthew 13:35
that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'
Romans 16:25-26
And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,
1 Corinthians 2:9-11
but, according as it hath been written, 'What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him -- '
Ephesians 3:5
which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit --