Job 11:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For wisdom is many-sided. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And that He would show you the secrets of wisdom! For He is manifold in understanding! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your guilt and iniquity [deserve].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

⁶ and tell you secrets of wisdom; for sound insight has two sides. Know that God lets some of your sin be forgotten.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ so that he might reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, and how intricate his law is, and that you would understand how much less he requires of you than your iniquity deserves.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold: and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee than thy iniquity deserveth.

Job 11:6 Cross References

Ezra 9:13

After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this,

Job 11:5

But O that God would speak and open his lips to you

Job 12:13

“With God are wisdom and strength; he has counsel and understanding.

Job 15:11

Are the consolations of God too small for you or the word that deals gently with you?

Job 15:5

For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

Job 15:8

Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

Job 22:5

Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities.

Job 28:28

And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Job 33:12

“But in this you are not right. I will answer you: God is greater than any mortal.

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?

Psalm 103:10

He does not deal with us according to our sins nor repay us according to our iniquities.

Psalm 25:14

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.

Lamentations 3:22

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;

Daniel 2:28

but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has disclosed to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen at the end of days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed were these:

Daniel 2:47

The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery!”

Matthew 13:35

This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation.”

Ephesians 3:5

In former generations this mystery was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:

Deuteronomy 29:29

The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong to us and to our children forever, to observe all the words of this law.