Job 8:6

If thou wilt be pure and upright, Surely he will yet arise for thee, And prosper thy righteous habitation;

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

In Context

5But if thou wilt seek early to God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty,—

7So that thy beginning shall be small, And thy latter end very great.

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Cross References

Job 1:8And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou observed my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, an upright and good man, fearing God and departing from evil?

Job 5:24Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.

Job 16:17Yet is there no injustice in my bands. And my prayer hath been pure.

Job 22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; If thou put away iniquity from thy tent.

Psalms 18:25To the merciful thou showest thyself merciful; To the upright thou showest thyself upright;

Psalms 44:23Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!

Matthew Henry on Job 8:2-8

The Address of Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the… Read the whole commentary →

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