Job 11:13
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
In Context
12Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
14If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
Cross References
Exodus 9:29Then Moses saide vnto him, Assoone as I am out of the citie, I will spreade mine hands vnto the Lord, and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more haile, that thou mayest knowe that the earth is the Lordes.
2 Chronicles 12:14And he did euill: for hee prepared not his heart to seeke the Lord.
Job 5:8But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
Job 22:21Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.
Psalms 78:8And not to bee as their fathers, a disobedient and rebellious generation: a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirite was not faithfull vnto God.
Psalms 143:6I stretche forth mine hands vnto thee: my soule desireth after thee, as the thirstie land. Selah.
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 →