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 knows deceitful men; when He sees wickedness, does he not consider it? 12But a witless man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being? “If you devote your heart to Him and spread out your hands to Him, 14if you put away the wickedness that is in your hand, and allow no iniquity to abide in your tent, 15then you will lift up your face without reproach; 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 5:8But as for me, I would seek God; I would lay my cause before God.
• Job 8:5If you would seek God and plead with Shaddai,
• Job 22:21“Reconcile now with Him and have shalom— in this way prosperity will come to you.
• 1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel spoke to the whole house of Israel saying, “If you are returning to Adonai with all your heart, then remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, direct your hearts to Adonai and serve Him only. Then He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
• 2 Chronicles 12:14But he did evil because he had not set his heart to seek Adonai.
• 2 Chronicles 19:3Nevertheless, good things are found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles out of the land and have set your heart to seek God.”
• Psalms 78:8So they will not be like their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart, whose spirit was not loyal to God.
• Luke 12:47“That slave who knew his master’s will but did not prepare or act according to his desire will be harshly whipped.
• Psalms 68:31Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves, peoples trampling down pieces of silver. He has scattered the peoples who delight in war!
• Psalms 88:9You have put my companions far from me. You have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and I cannot go out.
• Psalms 143:6I spread forth my hands to You. My soul longs for You as a parched 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