Job 8:7
So that thy beginning shall be small, And thy latter end very great.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
In Context
8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And mark what hath been searched out by their fathers;
Cross References
Job 5:11Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
Job 42:12Thus Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That thou mayst be wise in thy latter years.
Zechariah 14:7And there shall be one day, (Known to Jehovah is it,) It shall be neither day nor night; But at the time of evening there shall be light.
Matthew 13:31Another parable he put forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field.
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 →