For (A)you say, ‘My (B)doctrine is pure,
    and I am clean in God's[a] eyes.’
But oh, that God would speak
    and open his lips to you,
and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
    For he is manifold in (C)understanding.[b]
Know then that God (D)exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

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  1. Job 11:4 Hebrew your
  2. Job 11:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

For you have said,
(A)‘My doctrine is pure,
And I am clean in your eyes.’
But oh, that God would speak,
And open His lips against you,
That He would show you the secrets of wisdom!
For they would double your prudence.
Know therefore that (B)God [a]exacts from you
Less than your iniquity deserves.

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  1. Job 11:6 Lit. forgets some of your iniquity for you