Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 11:14

14. If iniquity be in thine hand , put it far away , and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles .

Either 1. If thou hast in thine hand or possession, any Goods got by injury or oppression, as it seems they supposed that he had. Or 2. more generally, If thou allowest thy self in any sinful practises. The hand is put for action, Whereof it is the Instrument.

Keep thy self a[illegible: 1+ letters] a great distance not only from such actions, but also from the very occasions and appearances of them.

Let it not have a quiet and settled abode or allowance.

i. e. In thy habitation; i. e. either in thy self, or in thy family; whose sins Iob was obliged as far as he could to prevent or reform; as he had done, Chap. 1. 5. He saith Tabernacles, because anciently the habitations of great men consisted of several Tents or Tabernacles, as we see Gen. 24. 67. & 31. 33.