Job 11:13
As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
In Context
12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
Cross References
Exodus 9:29Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
2 Chronicles 12:14And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
Job 5:8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
Job 22:21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. 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 →