Job 8:6

If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD,—and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;

7So shall thy beginning appear small,—when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!

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Cross References

Job 1:8And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one revering God and avoiding evil?

Job 5:24And thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing;

Job 16:17Though no violence was in my hands, and, my prayer, was pure.

Job 22:23If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent,

Psalms 18:25With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving,—With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless;

Psalms 44:23Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!

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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