Berean Standard Bible
Job 11:13
13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
Job 11:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
- New International Version (NIV)“Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"If you prepare your heart, you will stretch out your hands toward him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If you would prepare your heart, And stretch out your hands toward Him;
Context of Job 11:13
11Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note? 12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man! As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him, 14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents, 15then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid.
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אִם־אַ֭תָּ֗ה הֲכִינ֣וֹתָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֖ אֵלָ֣יו כַּפֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 11:13
- Job 5:8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
- Job 8:5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
- Job 22:21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
- 1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:14And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
- Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
- Luke 12:47That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
- Psalms 68:31Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
- Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
- Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
Commentaries on Job 11:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13If thou prepare thine heart - Make use of the powers which God has given thee, and be determined to seek him with all thy soul. And stretch out thine hands toward him - Making fervent prayer and supplication, putting away iniquity out of thy hand, and not permitting wickedness to dwell in thy tabernacle; then thou shalt lift up thy face without a blush, thou wilt become established, and have nothing to fear, Job 11:14, Job 11:15. There is a sentiment in…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13If thou prepare thine heart - Zophar now proceeds to state that if Job even yet would return to God, he might hope for acceptance. Though he had sinned, and though he was now, as he supposed, a hollow-hearted and an insincere man, yet, if he would repent, he might expect the divine favor. In this he accords with the sentiment of Eliphaz, and he concludes his speech in a manner not a little resembling his; see Job 5:17-27. And stretch out thine hands…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 Zophar exhorts Job to repentance, and gives him encouragement, yet mixed with hard thoughts of him. He thought that worldly prosperity was always the lot of the righteous, and that Job was to be deemed a hypocrite unless his prosperity was restored. Then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; that is, thou mayst come boldly to the throne of grace, and not with the terror and amazement expressed in ch. 9:34. If we are looked upon in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14Zophar outlined three conditions for restoration (11:15): Direct your heart. This is an internal action beyond mere ceremony. Lift up your hands. This is a symbolic gesture of prayer, appeal, or act of surrendering (Exodus 9:29; Proverbs 1:24; Isaiah 1:15). Put away the iniquity. This is not through sacrifice and regret, but by quitting the sin in view (compare Hebrews 11:6; James 4:8; 5:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. The apodosis to the "If" is at Job 11:15. The preparation of the heart is to be obtained (Pr 16:1) by stretching out the hands in prayer for it (Psa 10:17; 1Ch 29:18).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 11
- 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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