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Literal Standard Version

Job 33:3

Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, || And my lips have clearly spoken knowledge.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Word;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Pit;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elihu;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Sincere;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
My words come from my upright heart,and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.
Hebrew Names Version
My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
King James Version
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
English Standard Version
My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
New Century Version
My words come from an honest heart, and I am sincere in saying what I know.
New English Translation
My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely.
Amplified Bible
"My words will express the uprightness of my heart, And my lips will speak what they know with utter sincerity.
New American Standard Bible
"My words are from the integrity of my heart, And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.
World English Bible
My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
Geneva Bible (1587)
My words are in the vprightnesse of mine heart, & my lippes shall speake pure knowledge.
Legacy Standard Bible
My words are from the uprightness of my heart,And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.
Berean Standard Bible
My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
Contemporary English Version
is true and sincere,
Complete Jewish Bible
I will say exactly what is on my mind; what my lips know, they will speak sincerely.
Darby Translation
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.
Easy-to-Read Version
My heart is honest, so my words are sincere. I will speak the truth about what I know.
George Lamsa Translation
The words of my mouth are upright, and the utterances of my lips are pure.
Good News Translation
All my words are sincere, and I am speaking the truth.
Lexham English Bible
My words declare my heart's uprightness, and my lips sincerely speak what my lips know.
Literal Translation
My words shall be from my upright heart; and my lips will clearly speak knowledge.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My hert shall ordre my wordes a right, & my lyppes shal talke of pure wy?dome.
American Standard Version
My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
Bible in Basic English
My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
King James Version (1611)
My words shalbe of the vprightnesse of my heart: and my lippes shall vtter knowledge clearely.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My heart doth order my wordes aright, and my lippes talke of pure wysedome.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
My heart shall be found pure by my words; and the understanding of my lips shall meditate purity.
English Revised Version
My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart: and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Of symple herte ben my wordis, and my lippis schulen speke clene sentence.
Update Bible Version
My words [shall utter] the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
Webster's Bible Translation
My words [shall be of] the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
New King James Version
My words come from my upright heart; My lips utter pure knowledge.
New Living Translation
I speak with all sincerity; I speak the truth.
New Life Bible
My words come from my heart that is right. My lips speak in truth what I know.
New Revised Standard
My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Mine utterances come straight from mine own heart, and, what I know, my lips have truly spoken;
Douay-Rheims Bible
My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.
Revised Standard Version
My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
Young's Literal Translation
Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"My words are from the uprightness of my heart, And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.

Contextual Overview

1"And yet, please, O Job, || Hear my speech and give ear [to] all my words. 2Now behold, I have opened my mouth, || My tongue has spoken in the palate. 3Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, || And my lips have clearly spoken knowledge.4The Spirit of God has made me, || And the breath of the Mighty quickens me. 5If you are able—answer me, || Set in array before me—station yourself. 6Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God, || I have also been formed from the clay. 7Behold, my terror does not frighten you, || And my burden on you is not heavy.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the: Job 27:4, Proverbs 8:7, Proverbs 8:8, 1 Thessalonians 2:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:4

my lips: Job 15:2, Job 36:3, Job 36:4, Job 38:2, Psalms 37:30, Psalms 37:31, Proverbs 15:2, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 20:15

Reciprocal: Job 20:3 - the spirit Job 26:3 - plentifully Job 33:33 - I Psalms 45:1 - a good Psalms 49:3 - mouth Proverbs 4:2 - good 2 Corinthians 6:11 - our mouth

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
and he lifts up his eyes and looks, and behold, three men standing by him, and he sees, and runs to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bows himself toward the earth,
Genesis 33:11
please receive my blessing which is brought to you, because God has favored me, and because I have all [things]"; and he presses on him, and he receives [it],
Genesis 33:12
and says, "Let us journey and go on, and I go on before you."
Genesis 42:6
and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brothers come and bow themselves to him—face to the earth.
Genesis 43:26
And Joseph comes into the house, and they bring to him the present which [is] in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;
1 Samuel 2:5
The satiated hired themselves for bread, || And the hungry have ceased. While the barren has borne seven, || And she abounding with sons has languished.
Proverbs 6:3
Do this now, my son, and be delivered, || For you have come into the hand of your friend. Go, trample on yourself, and strengthen your friend,
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler goes up against you, do not leave your place, || For yielding quiets great sinners.
Luke 14:11
because everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself will be exalted."
John 10:4
and when he may put forth his own sheep, he goes on before them, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My words [shall be of] the uprightness of my heart,.... Not that the uprightness of his heart, or his own personal integrity, should be the subject of his discourse; but what he should say would be in or out of the uprightness of his heart, with all sincerity and faithfulness; what would be the real sentiments of his mind, and not proceed from a double or insincere heart:

and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly; what knowledge he had of God, and of the perfections of his nature, and of his works in nature and grace, and of his dealings in a providential way with the sons of men; and what knowledge he had of Christ, his person, office, and grace somewhat of which speaks in this chapter; and such sort of knowledge is to be uttered, to be published, and made known to the good of others; and not to be concealed, and hid, or held, as in a prison, in unrighteousness; and to be uttered clearly, plainly, and distinctly, in words intelligible, and easy to be understood; and not in ambiguous terms, or in words of a double meaning; or which are abstruse and intricate, and serve rather to make the mysteries of Providence and grace more dark and obscure than to explain them; integrity of heart, and perspicuity of language, serve much to recommend a speaker, and both are expressed in this verse.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart - I will speak in sincerity. I will utter nothing that shall be hollow and hypocritical. What I speak shall be the real suggestion of my heart - what I feel and know to be true. Perhaps Elihu was the more anxious to make this point entirely clear, because the three friends of Job might be supposed to have laid themselves open to the suspicion that they were influenced by passion or prejudice; that they had maintained their opinions from mere obstinacy and not from conviction; and that they had been sometimes disposed to cavil. Elihu claims that all that he was about to say would be entirely sincere.

Shall utter knowledge clearly - Shall state things just as they are, and give the true solution of the difficulties which have been felt in regard to the divine dealings. His object is to guard himself wholly from the suspicion of partiality.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 33:3. My words shall be of the uprightness — As God has given me his Spirit, from that Spirit alone will I speak; therefore all my words shall be of uprightness, knowledge, and truth.

Knowledge clearly. — דעת ברור daath barur, pure science. I shall lay down no false positions, and I shall have no false consequences.


 
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