Job 8:7

Job 8:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
• New International Version (NIV)Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.

Context of Job 8:7

5If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty, 6If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous; And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great. 8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers; 9For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.

Job 8:7 word by word

וְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

• wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• smallמִצְעָרmits‛âr · littleH4705
• endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966

Cross-references for Job 8:7

• Job 42:12And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
• Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
• Zechariah 4:10For who hath despised the day of small things? Yea, they shall rejoice [even] those seven — and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel: these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro in the whole earth.
• Matthew 13:12for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
• Deuteronomy 8:16who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
• Proverbs 19:20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
• Zechariah 14:7And it shall be one day which is known to Jehovah, not day, and not night; and it shall come to pass, at eventide it shall be light.
• 2 Peter 2:20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through [the] knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first.

Commentaries on Job 8:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Though thy beginning was small - Thy former state, compared to that into which God would have brought thee, would be small; for to show his respect for thy piety, because thou hadst, through thy faithful attachment to him, suffered the loss of all things, he would have greatly multiplied thy former prosperity, so that thou shouldest now have vastly more than thou didst ever before possess.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Though thy beginning was small - On the supposition that the children of Job had been cut off, his family now was small. Yet Bildad says, that if he were to begin life again, even with so small a family, and in such depressed and trying circumstances, if he were a righteous man he might hope for returning prosperity. Yet thy latter end - From this, it is evident that Job was not now regarded as an old man. He would still have the prospect of living many…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7your latter days will flourish: Bildad's words were more accurate than he realized (42:12; compare 5:19–26).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. thy beginning--the beginning of thy new happiness after restoration. latter end--(Job 42:12; Pr 23:18).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 8:7

• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Endure
• Former
• Hope
• Hypocrite
• Yesterday
• Bildad

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