American Standard Version
Job 8:6
6If thou wert pure and upright:Surely now he would awake for thee,And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
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 thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression; 5If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty; If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 7And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase. 8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
Read all of Job 8Job 8:6 word by word
אִם־זַ֥ךְ וְיָשָׁ֗ר אָ֥תָּה כִּי־עַ֭תָּה יָעִ֣יר עָלֶ֑יךָ וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗ם נְוַ֣ת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 8:6
- Job 1:8And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil.
- Job 4:6Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, Andthe integrity of thy ways thy hope?
- Job 21:14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
- Job 16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
- Psalms 26:5I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
- 1 Timothy 2:8I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
- 1 John 3:19Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:
- Psalms 44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever.
- Psalms 59:4They run and prepare themselves without my fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.
- Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?
- Job 22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
- Isaiah 3:10Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
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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