New American Standard Bible 1995
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 you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty, 6If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate. Though 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. 9For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
Read all of Job 8Job 8:7 word by word
וְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 8:7
- Job 42:12The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.
- Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
- Zechariah 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel--these are the eyes of the Lord which range to and fro throughout the earth.”
- Matthew 13:12For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
- Deuteronomy 8:16In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end.
- Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, That you may be wise the rest of your days.
- Zechariah 14:7For it will be a unique day which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light.
- 2 Peter 2:20For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them 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
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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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