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Job 8:6
6Then, if you are pure and upright, Surely now He will awaken for you And restore your righteous place.
Job 8:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
- New International Version (NIV)if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.
- English Standard Version (ESV)if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.
Context of Job 8:6
4If your children have sinned against Him, Then He has handed them over to the power of their transgression and punished them. 5If you would [diligently] seek God And implore the compassion and favor of the Almighty, Then, if you are pure and upright, Surely now He will awaken for you And restore your righteous place. 7Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will greatly increase. 8“Inquire, please, of past generations, And consider and apply yourself to the things searched out by their fathers.
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אִם־זַ֥ךְ וְיָשָׁ֗ר אָ֥תָּה כִּי־עַ֭תָּה יָעִ֣יר עָלֶ֑יךָ וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗ם נְוַ֣ת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 8:6
- Job 1:8The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God].”
- Job 4:6Is not your fear of God your confidence, And [is not] the integrity and uprightness of your ways your hope?
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
- Job 16:17Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
- Psalms 26:5I hate the company of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, But the prayer of the upright is His delight!
- Isaiah 1:15So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help], I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you offer many prayers, I will not be listening. Your hands are full of blood!
- 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and disputing or quarreling or doubt [in their mind].
- 1 John 3:19By this we will know [without any doubt] that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart and quiet our conscience before Him
- Psalms 44:23Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Awaken, do not reject us forever.
- Psalms 59:4They run and set themselves against me though there is no guilt in me; Stir Yourself to meet and help me, and see [what they are doing]!
- Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength and might, O arm of the Lord; Awake as in the ancient days, as in the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab (Egypt) in pieces, Who pierced the dragon [of Egypt]?
- Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty [and submit and humble yourself before Him], you will be built up [and restored]; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tents,
- Isaiah 3:10Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions.
Commentaries on Job 8:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6If thou wert pure and upright - Concerning thy guilt there can be no doubt; for if thou hadst been a holy man, and these calamities had occurred through accident, or merely by the malice of thy enemies, would not God, long ere this, have manifested his power and justice in thy behalf, punished thy enemies, and restored thee to affluence? The habitation of thy righteousness - Strongly ironical. If thy house had been as a temple of God, in which his worship…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6If thou wert pure and upright - There is something especially severe and caustic in this whole speech of Bildad. He first assumes that the children of Job were cut off for impiety, and then takes it for granted that Job himself was not a pure and upright man. This inference he seems to have derived partly from the fact that he had been visited with so heavy calamities, and partly from the sentiments which Job had himself expressed. Nothing could be more…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. He would awake for thee--that is, arise to thy help. God seemed to be asleep toward the sufferer (Psa 35:23; 7:6; Is 51:9). make ... prosperous--restore to prosperity thy (their) righteous habitation. Bildad assumes it to have been heretofore the habitation of guilt.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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