Job 11:13
If thou direct thine lev, 1 and stretch out thine hands to Him, 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
In Context
12But before a witless ish can become wise, 1 a colt of a pereh (wild donkey) would be born an adam! 1
14If iniquity be in thine yad, put it far away, 1 and let not wickedness dwell in thy ohalim. 1
Cross References
Exodus 9:29And Moshe said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the Ir, I will spread out my palms + 9:29 davening unto Hashem; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more barad; that thou mayest have da'as that ha'aretz is Hashemʼs.
2 Chronicles 12:14And he did rah, because he set not his lev to seek Hashem.
Job 5:8I would seek El (G-d), 1 and before Elohim would I lay my cause; 1
Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with Him, and so hast thou shalom; 1 thereby tovah shall come unto thee. 1
Psalms 78:8And might not be as their Avot, 1 a dor sorer u'moreh (stubborn and rebellious generation); 1 a generation that set not its lev aright, 1 and whose ruach was not faithful to G-d. 1
Psalms 143:6I stretch forth my hands unto Thee; 1 my nefesh thirsteth after Thee, like an eretz ayefah (a parched, thirsty land). 1 Selah 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 →