Job 11:13

But you have fortified your heart and extended your hands to him.

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In The King James Version

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

In Context

12A vain man is lifted up in arrogance, and he thinks that he is born free like a wild ass’s colt.

14If you would send away from you the iniquity that is in your hand, and not let injustice remain in your tabernacle,

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Cross References

Exodus 9:29Moses said: “When I have departed from the city, I will extend my hands to the Lord, and the thunders will cease, and the hail will not be, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 12:14But he did evil, and he did not prepare his heart so as to seek the Lord.

Job 5:8Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.

Job 22:21So, repose yourself with him and be at peace, and, in this way, you will have the best fruits.

Psalms 78:8Do not remember our iniquities of the past. May your mercies quickly intercept us, for we have become exceedingly poor.

Psalms 143:6Send a flash of lightning, and you will scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and you will set them in disarray.

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 →

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