I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
Parallel translations
- KJV I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
- BSB And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
- NKJV I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
- NASB “I was also blameless toward Him, And I have kept myself from my wrongdoing.
- NLT I am blameless before God; I have kept myself from sin.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 6:9This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
- Gen 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
- Eph 1:4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;
- Heb 12:1Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
- John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
- Prov 4:23Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
- Ps 51:6Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
- Ps 84:11For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
- 2 Cor 5:11Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
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