Job 11:13

Job 11:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward 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;
• New Living Translation (NLT)“If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer!

Context of Job 11:13

11Surely he recognizes deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note? 12But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human. “Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him, 14if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, 15then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.

Job 11:13 word by word

אִם־אַ֭תָּ֗ה הֲכִינ֣וֹתָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֖ אֵלָ֣יו כַּפֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If thou prepareכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• thine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• and stretchפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• out thine handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709

Cross-references for Job 11:13

• Job 5:8“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
• Job 8:5But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,
• Job 22:21“Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.
• 1 Samuel 7:3So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
• 2 Chronicles 12:14He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 19:3There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God.”
• Psalms 78:8They would not be like their ancestors— a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
• Luke 12:47“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.
• Psalms 68:31Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush will submit herself to God.
• Psalms 88:9my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
• Psalms 143:6I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.

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

Topics related to Job 11:13

• Repentance

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• Zophar

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