Revised Literal Translation
Job 8:7
7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
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 wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. 8For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
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וְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 8:7
- Job 42:12So Yhwh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she donkeys.
- Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
- Zechariah 4:10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of Yhwh, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
- Matthew 13:12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
- 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 14:7But it shall be one day which shall be known to Yhwh, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
- 2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
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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