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Job 11:14

Job 11:14
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

If iniquity be in thine hand,.... For, as the heart must be prepared for the stretching out of the hand in prayer to God, so it is not any hand that is to be stretched out or lifted up unto God; not…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

If iniquity be in thine hand - If you have in your possession anything that has been unjustly obtained. If you have oppressed the poor and the fatherless, and have what properly belongs to them, let…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 11:13-20

Zophar, as the other two, here encourages Job to hope for better times if he would but come to a better temper.

I. He gives him good counsel (Job 11:13, Job 11:14), as Eliphaz did (Job 5:8), and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The reformation which Zophar impresses on Job has several steps: first, the preparation of his heart; then, prayer unto God; then, the putting away of his personal sins; and finally, those of his…