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;
• New International Version (NIV)“Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to 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;

Context of Job 11:13

11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it ? 12For vain man would be wise, though man is born like a wild donkey’s colt. If thou preparest thy heart, and stretchest out thy hands toward him; 14If iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents. 15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear:

Job 11:13 word by word

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

• preparestכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• stretchestפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709

Cross-references for Job 11:13

• Job 5:8I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:
• Job 8:5If thou wouldest seek to God early, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
• Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.
• 1 Samuel 7:3And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.
• 2 Chronicles 12:14And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 19:3Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.
• Psalms 78:8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
• Luke 12:47And that servant, who knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes .
• Psalms 68:31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Cush shall soon stretch out her hands to God.
• Psalms 88:9My eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands to thee.
• Psalms 143:6I stretch forth my hands to thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

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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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