Job 8:6

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 sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression. 5If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty, If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate. 7Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly. 8“Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

Job 8:6 word by word

אִם־זַ֥ךְ וְיָשָׁ֗ר אָ֥תָּה כִּי־עַ֭תָּה יָעִ֣יר עָלֶ֑יךָ וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗ם נְוַ֣ת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Ifאִם'im · ifH518
• you are pureזַךְzak · pureH2134
• and uprightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
• Surelyכִּיkîy · forH3588
• nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• He would rouseעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• And restoreשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• your righteousצֶ֫דֶקtsedeq · righteousnessH6664
• estateנָוֶהnâveh nâvâh · pastureH5116

Cross-references for Job 8:6

• Job 1:8The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”
• Job 4:6Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?
• Job 21:14They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
• Job 16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
• Psalms 26:5I hate the assembly of evildoers, And I will not sit with the wicked.
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Isaiah 1:15So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
• 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.
• 1 John 3:19We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him
• Psalms 44:23Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever.
• Psalms 59:4For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me. Arouse Yourself to help me, and see!
• Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon?
• Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,
• Isaiah 3:10Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their 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

Topics related to Job 8:6

• Prayer
• Righteous
• Seekers

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