Job 8:6

If you are pure and upright, 1 then he would surely stir himself on your behalf 1 and restore you to your rightful place. 1

Unlocked Literal 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 suppose you diligently sought God 1 and presented your request to the Almighty. 1

7Even though your beginning was small, 1 still your final condition would be much greater. 1

Read all of Job 8

Cross References

Job 1:8Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns from evil.”

Job 5:24You will know that your tent is in safety; 1 you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything. 1

Job 16:17although there is no violence in my hands, 1 and my prayer is pure. 1

Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, 1 if you put unrighteousness far away from your tents. 1

Psalms 18:25To anyone who is faithful, you show yourself to be faithful; 2 to a man who is blameless, you show yourself to be blameless. 1

Psalms 44:23Awake, why do you sleep, Lord? 1 Arise, do not throw us off permanently. 1

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 8:6