Job 11:13
But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
In Context
12And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.
14If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;
Cross References
Exodus 9:29And Moses said, When I am gone outside the town, my hands will be stretched out to the Lord; the thunders and the ice-storm will come to an end, so that you may see that the earth is the Lord's.
2 Chronicles 12:14And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.
Job 5:8But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:
Job 22:21Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.
Psalms 78:8And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.
Psalms 143:6My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)
Matthew Henry on Job 11:8-13
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. Zophar here speaks very good… Read the whole commentary →