Job 8:6

If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

5Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,

7And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.

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Cross References

Job 1:8And the Lord saide vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill?

Job 5:24And thou shalt knowe, that peace shall be in thy tabernacle, and thou shalt visite thine habitation, and shalt not sinne.

Job 16:17Though there be no wickednesse in mine hands, and my prayer be pure.

Job 22:23If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle.

Psalms 18:25With the godly thou wilt shewe thy selfe godly: with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.

Psalms 44:23Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.

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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