Job 11:6

And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

7By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:29'The things hidden [are] to Jehovah our God, and the things revealed [are] to us and to our sons — to the age, to do all the words of this law.

Job 9:4Wise in heart and strong in power — Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?

Job 15:8Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?

Job 28:28And He saith to man: — 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom, And to turn from evil [is] understanding.'

Psalms 25:14The secret of Jehovah [is] for those fearing Him, And His covenant — to cause them to know.

Psalms 106:43Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

Matthew Henry on Job 11:2-7

The Address of Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know… Read the whole commentary →

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