If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.’
Job 11:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it, and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents – Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, And let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you put sin out of your hand and far away from you and let not evil dwell in your tents; American Standard Version (1901) If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents. Common English Bible if you throw out the sin in your hands and don’t let injustice dwell in your tents, Catholic Public Domain Version If you would send away from you the iniquity that is in your hand, and not let injustice remain in your tabernacle, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand, and lot not injustice remain in thy tabernacle: |
If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.’
Still, the Lord warned Israel and Judah through every prophet and every seer, saying, ‘Turn from your evil ways and keep my commands and statutes according to the whole law I commanded your ancestors and sent to you through my servants the prophets.’
If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent
Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.’
Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed?
if you are pure and upright, then he will move even now on your behalf and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Samuel told them, ‘If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, get rid of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths that are among you, set your hearts on the Lord, and worship only him. Then he will rescue you from the Philistines.’