Job 8:7

Though thy reshit (beginning) was small, 1 yet thy acharit (end) shall be exceedingly great. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

In Context

6If thou wert pure and yashar; 1 surely now He would rouse Himself for thee, 1 and restore the habitation of thy tzedek. 1

8For inquire, now, of the dor rishon (former age), 1 and consider the research of their avot; 1

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Cross References

Job 5:11To set up on high those that be the shefalim (the lowly ones); 1 that those which mourn may be exalted to safety, 1

Job 42:12So Hashem blessed the acharit (latter end) of Iyov more than his reshit; for he had fourteen thousand tzon, and six thousand gemalim, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.

Proverbs 19:20Hear etzah, and accept musar, 1 that thou mayest be wise in thy acharit (latter end, future). 1

Zechariah 14:7But it shall be Yom Echad, known to Hashem, with no Yom, nor Lailah; but it shall come to pass, that at erev it shall be ohr.

Matthew 13:31Another mashal Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach placed before them, saying, The Malchut HaShomayim is like a mustard seed, 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 →

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