King James Version

Job 11:4

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

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וַ֭תֹּאמֶרvatomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…זַ֣ךְzakhcleanזַךְadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “clean”, the ordinary formH2134clearclean, pure.לִקְחִ֑יliqchidoctrineלֶקַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “doctrine”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3948properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglementdoctrine, learning, fair speech.וּ֝בַ֗רuvarand pureבַּרconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and pure”, the ordinary formH1249beloved; also pure, emptychoice, clean, clear, pure.הָיִ֥יתִיhayitibeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בְעֵינֶֽיךָveeyneykhain eye , , -sightעַיִןpreposition, noun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.

Young’s Literal Translation

And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

World English Bible

For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’

Darby Translation

For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

Douay-Rheims

For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ γὰρ λέγε, ὅτι καθαρός εἰμι τοῖς ἔργοις καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.