Job 11:13
If you have prepared your heart, || And have spread out your hands to Him,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
In Context
12And empty man is bold, || And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.
14If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, || And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
Cross References
Exodus 9:29And Moses says to him, “At my going out of the city, I spread my palms to YHWH—the voices cease, and there is no more hail, so that you know that the earth [is] YHWH’s;
2 Chronicles 12:14and he does evil, for he has not prepared his heart to seek YHWH.
Job 5:8Yet I inquire for God, || And for God I give my word,
Job 22:21Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace, || Thereby your increase [is] good.
Psalms 78:8And they are not like their fathers, || A generation apostatizing and being rebellious, || A generation—it has not prepared its heart, || Nor [is] its spirit steadfast with God.
Psalms 143:6I have spread forth my hands to You, || My soul [is] as a weary land for You. 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 →