“For (A)you have said, ‘My teaching is pure,
And (B)I am innocent in your eyes.’
“But would that God might speak,
And open His lips against you,
And show you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom [a](C)has two sides.
Know then that God [b]forgets a part of (D)your iniquity.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 11:6 Lit is double
  2. Job 11:6 Lit causes to be forgotten for you

You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless(A)
    and I am pure(B) in your sight.’
Oh, how I wish that God would speak,(C)
    that he would open his lips against you
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(D)
    for true wisdom has two sides.
    Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(E)

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