Job 11:13

For if thou hast made thy heart pure, 1 And liftest up thine hands toward him; 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12But man vainly buoys himself up with words; 1 And a mortal born of woman is like an ass of the desert. 1

14If there is any iniquity in thy hands, 1 Put it far from thee, 1 And let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 9:29And Moses said to him, When I shall have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thunderings shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no longer, that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord’s.

2 Chronicles 12:14And he did evil, for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.

Job 5:8Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, 1 And will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all; 1

Job 22:21Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; 1 Then thy fruit shall prosper. 1

Psalms 78:8Remember not our old transgressions; 1 Let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; 1 For we are greatly impoverished. 1

Psalms 143:6Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: 1 Send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them. 1

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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