King James Version
Job 11:4 in the King James Version says “For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.” — study this verse from Job chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.”
Job 11:4 · KJV
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? full: Heb. of lips
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? lies: or, devices
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
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.
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“My doctrine”
H3948properly, something received, i.e., (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inve
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“in thine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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