Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

"If you return to the Almighty you'll be restored, as you remove iniquity from your household.

New American Standard Bible

“If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored;
If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,

King James Version

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

Holman Bible

If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed.
If you banish injustice from your tent

A Conservative Version

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up, thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

American Standard Version

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

Amplified


“If you return to the Almighty [and submit and humble yourself before Him], you will be built up [and restored];
If you remove unrighteousness far from your tents,

Bible in Basic English

If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;

Darby Translation

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

Julia Smith Translation

If thou wilt turn back even to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt remove iniquity far off from thy tent

King James 2000

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tents.

Lexham Expanded Bible

If you return to Shaddai, you will be restored; [if] you remove wickedness from your tent,

Modern King James verseion

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up; you shall put away injustice far from your tents.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For if thou wilt turn to the Almighty, thou shalt stand fast, and all unrighteousness shall be far from thy dwelling:

NET Bible

If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent,

New Heart English Bible

If you return to Shaddai, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

The Emphasized Bible

If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent,

Webster

If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

World English Bible

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

Youngs Literal Translation

If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If thou return
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

to the Almighty
שׁדּי 
Shadday 
Usage: 48

thou shalt be built up
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

thou shalt put away
רחק 
Rachaq 
...far, ...off, ...away, remove, good way
Usage: 57

עלה עולה עולה עול עול 
`evel 
Usage: 53

far
רחק 
Rachaq 
...far, ...off, ...away, remove, good way
Usage: 57

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Third Speech

22 Accept what he has to teach you, and treasure his words in your heart. 23 "If you return to the Almighty you'll be restored, as you remove iniquity from your household. 24 Bury your gold nuggets in the dust, and your source of gold among the stones in a streambed,



Cross References

Job 11:13-14

"Now for you, if you will prepare your heart, spread out your hands to him.

Zechariah 1:3

So tell them, "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Return to me," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I will return to you.

Job 8:5-6

If you seek God, if you ask the Almighty for mercy,

Joshua 7:13-16

So get up and sanctify the people. Tell them, "Sanctify yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, because this is what the LORD God of Israel, says: "There are things turned over to destruction among you, Israel. You won't be able to defeat your enemies until you remove what has been turned over to destruction.

Job 12:14

When he tears down, nobody rebuilds; when he incarcerates, nobody escapes.

Job 18:15

"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.

Isaiah 19:22

At that time, they will worship with sacrifices and offerings, and they will make vows to the LORD and carry them out. The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague, striking but then healing. Then they will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.

Isaiah 31:6

Turn back to him, yes to him whom your people have so greatly betrayed, you people of Israel.

Isaiah 33:15

The one who walks righteously and has spoken sincere words, who rejects gain from extortion and waves his hand, rejecting bribes, who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder and shuts his eyes against seeing evil

Isaiah 55:6-7

"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

Jeremiah 31:4

I'll again build you, and you will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel! You will again take up your tambourines and go out to dance with those who are filled with joy.

Hosea 14:1-2

"Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have fallen due to your own iniquity.

Zechariah 5:3-4

He responded to me, "This is the curse that is going out over the surface of the whole earth, because, according to this side of the scroll, all thieves will be ejected, and according to the other side of the scroll, all liars will be ejected."

Acts 26:20

Instead, I first told the people in Damascus and Jerusalem, then all the people in Judea and after that the gentiles to repent, turn to God, and perform deeds that are consistent with such repentance.

Colossians 2:7

For you have been rooted in him and are being built up and strengthened in the faith, just as you were taught, while you continue to be thankful.

2 Timothy 2:19

However, God's solid foundation still stands. It has this inscription on it: "The Lord knows those who belong to him," and "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from evil."

Jude 1:20

But you, dear friends, must continue to build your most holy faith for your own benefit. Furthermore, continue to pray in the Holy Spirit.

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