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| | Iniquity (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools |
 | | Of special interest in the latter sense are the sufferings of the Servant of Yahweh, who shall "bear the iniquities" of the people (Isaiah 53:11; compare Isaiah 53:6). |
 | | Other words frequently translated "iniquity" are: 'awen, literally, "worthlessness," "vanity," hence, "naughtiness," "mischief" (47 times in the King James Version, especially in the phrase "workers of iniquity," Job 4:8; Psalms 5:5; Psalms 6:8; Proverbs 10:29, etc.); 'awel and 'awlah, literally, "perverseness" (Deuteronomy 32:4; Job 6:29 the King James Version, etc.). |
 | | In the New Testament "iniquity" stands for anomia = properly, "the condition of one without law," "lawlessness" (so translated in 1 John 3:4, elsewhere "iniquity," e.g. |
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