if you put away the wickedness that is in your hand, and allow no iniquity to abide in your tent,
Job 15:34 - Tree of Life Version For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, And fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery (wrong and injustice). American Standard Version (1901) For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery. Common English Bible The ruthless gang is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribers. Catholic Public Domain Version For the congregation of the hypocrites is fruitless, and fire will devour the tabernacles of those who love to accept money. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren: and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes. |
if you put away the wickedness that is in your hand, and allow no iniquity to abide in your tent,
The tents of marauders prosper, and there is security for those who provoke God— for those whom God brings in His hand.
He will not escape from the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of His mouth.
Nothing of his dwells in his tent; brimstone is scattered over his dwelling.
For what hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul?
“The godless in heart harbor anger, they do not cry for help even when He binds them.
Such are the ways of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes—
Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more!”
The pious have perished from the land, there is none upright among mankind. All of them lie in wait for blood. A man hunts his brother with a net.
And he will cut him in two and assign his place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Here I am. Witness against me before Adonai and before His anointed. Whose ox have I taken or whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded or whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to look the other way? I will restore it to you.”
His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain—they took bribes and perverted justice.