KJV ORIGINAL
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored and built up again. You will remove wickedness far away from your home.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is saying that when someone turns back to God, they will be restored and their life will be cleansed of wrongdoing.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from Eliphaz's second speech to Job, where he continues to argue that Job's suffering must be due to sin and that repentance will restore his fortunes. Eliphaz represents the conventional wisdom of his time that prosperity always follows righteousness and suffering always indicates sin. He's speaking as one of Job's friends who came to comfort him but ended up arguing that Job needed to repent.
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