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Job 8:6
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if you are pure and upright,then he will move even now on your behalfand restore the home where your righteousness dwells.
If you were pure and upright, Surely now he would awaken for you, And make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.
If you are good and honest, he will stand up for you and bring you back where you belong.
if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.
Then, if you are pure and upright, Surely now He will awaken for you And restore your righteous place.
If you were pure and upright, Surely now he would awaken for you, And make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.
If you are pure and upright,Indeed now He would rouse Himself for youAnd make your righteous abode at peace.
if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
and start living right? Then he will decide to rescue and restore you to your place of honor.
if you are pure and upright; then he will rouse himself for you and fulfill your needs.
If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
If you are pure and good, he will quickly come to help you. He will give your family back to you.
If you were innocent and upright, surely then he would be attentive to you, and would make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous,
if you are so honest and pure, then God will come and help you and restore your household as your reward.
If you are pure and upright, indeed, now he will rouse himself for you, and he will restore your righteous abode.
if you were pure and upright, surely now He would rise for you, and make whole the abode of your righteousness.
yf thou woldest lyue a pure and a godly life: shulde he not wake vp vnto the immediatly, & geue the the bewtie of rightuousnesse agayne?
If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
If thou wert pure and vpright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousnes prosperous.
If thou wouldest liue a pure and godly life: shoulde he not awake vp vnto thee immediatly, and make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous?
If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
anoon he schal wake fulli to thee, and schal make pesible the dwellyng place of thi ryytfulnesse;
If you were pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for you, And make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.
and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
if you are pure and right and good, for sure He will help you. Because you are right and good He will put you back where you should be.
if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore to you your rightful place.
If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:
If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake unto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:
if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and reward you with a rightful habitation.
If pure and upright thou [art], Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.
If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thou wert: Job 1:8, Job 4:6, Job 4:7, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Job 16:17, Psalms 26:5, Psalms 26:6, Proverbs 15:8, Isaiah 1:15, 1 Timothy 2:8, 1 John 3:19-22
he would: Psalms 44:23, Psalms 59:4, Psalms 59:5, Isaiah 51:9
make: Job 22:23-30, Isaiah 3:10
Reciprocal: Job 10:2 - show me Job 11:13 - prepare Job 32:3 - and yet Job 42:10 - the Lord Psalms 7:10 - which Proverbs 3:33 - he blesseth Proverbs 14:11 - the tabernacle Mark 4:38 - and they
Cross-References
"You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and put the door of the ark on the side; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
Now when Daniel learned that the document was signed, he entered his house (and in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and offering praise before his God, just as he had been doing previously.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If thou [wert] pure and upright,.... By which he tacitly intimates that he was neither; though the character given of him is, that he was perfect and upright, feared God and eschewed evil, and which is confirmed by God himself, and even after he had been tried by sore afflictions. Bildad's meaning is, if he was pure in heart, and upright in his life and conversation, then things would be well with him. Men's hearts are naturally impure; no man is pure of himself, or can make his heart pure; nor is there any good man that is so pure as to be entirely free from sin; but such are pure in heart, who have clean hearts created, and right spirits renewed in them; or have new hearts and new spirits given them; have their hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and so keep the faith in a pure conscience; having their hearts purified by faith in the blood of Christ, whose blood cleanses from all sin; and in this sense Job was pure, having an interest in a living Redeemer, and in his blood, and a partaker of his grace; and that he was upright is before testified of him, though now called in question, an if being put upon it, as well as on the former, having in the course of his life walked uprightly, according to the will of God revealed unto him:
surely now; directly at once, without delay, as Sephorno interprets it; it need not be doubted of, verily so it would be:
he would awake for thee; who though he neither slumbers nor sleeps, yet seems to be asleep when he suffers his people to be afflicted, distressed, and oppressed, and therefore they cry unto him to awake to their judgment, and their cause; see Psalms 7:8; the sense is, that he would stir up and exert himself, and show himself strong on his behalf, and appear to be on his side, and work deliverance and salvation for him; or awake his mercy, grace, and goodness, as some Jewish commentators p interpret it; that is, bestow his favours upon him:
and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous; which some understand of his body, the earthly house of his tabernacle, which if his soul was pure and upright that dwelt in it, might be called the habitation of righteousness; which, were this the case, would become healthful that was now covered with worms, and clods of dust: others interpret it of the soul, as Aben Ezra and Ben Gersom, the seat of righteousness, and of all the graces of the Spirit; which is in a prosperous condition when these graces are in lively exercise, and the presence of God, and the light of his countenance, and communion with him, are enjoyed; but rather his dwelling house in a literal sense, and all his domestic affairs, are here meant; and it is signified that all would be again in peace and prosperity, and he should enjoy great plenty of good things should he behave well; and here is a tacit intimation as if his habitation had not been an habitation of righteousness, but had been filled with the mammon of unrighteousness, with goods ill gotten, such as were obtained by rapine and oppression, and neither he nor his family righteous; a very unjust and iniquitous insinuation: the Targum paraphrases it, "and, shall make the beauty of thy righteousness perfect" q; but Job had a more beautiful righteousness than his own; his was but as rags, and neither pure nor perfect; even the righteousness of Christ, which is perfect and beautiful, and makes such so, that are arrayed with it; see Psalms 50:2.
p Gersom, Simeon Bar Tzemach, Sephorno. q נות צדקך "pulchritudinent justitiae tuae", Bolducius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If thou wert pure and upright - There is something especially severe and caustic in this whole speech of Bildad. He first assumes that the children of Job were cut off for impiety, and then takes it for granted that Job himself was not a pure and upright man. This inference he seems to have derived partly from the fact that he had been visited with so heavy calamities, and partly from the sentiments which Job had himself expressed. Nothing could be more unjust and severe, however, than to take it for granted that he was a hypocrite, and then proceed to argue as if that were a settled point. He does not make it a supposition that possibly Job might have erred - which would not have been improper; but he proceeds to argue as if it were a point about which there could be no hesitation.
He would awake for thee - He would arouse or excite himself יעיר yā‛ı̂r on thy account. The image is that of arousing oneself from sleep or inactivity to aid another; and the idea is, that God had, as it were, slumbered over the calamities of Job, or had suffered them to come without interposing to prevent them, but that he would arouse himself if Job were pure, and would call upon him for aid.
And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous - That is, if thy habitation should become righteous now, he would make it prosperous. Hitherto, is the idea of Bildad, it has been a habitation of wickedness. Thy children have been wicked, and are now cut off. Thou thyself hast been a wicked man, and in consequence art afflicted. If now thou wouldest become pure and seek unto God, then God would make thy habitation prosperous. What could more try the patience of a sufferer than such cold and unfeeling insinuations? And what could more beautifully illustrate the nature of true courtesy, than to sit unmoved and hear such remarks? It was by forbearance in such circumstances eminently that Job showed his extraordinary patience.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 8:6. If thou wert pure and upright — Concerning thy guilt there can be no doubt; for if thou hadst been a holy man, and these calamities had occurred through accident, or merely by the malice of thy enemies, would not God, long ere this, have manifested his power and justice in thy behalf, punished thy enemies, and restored thee to affluence?
The habitation of thy righteousness — Strongly ironical. If thy house had been as a temple of God, in which his worship had been performed, and his commandments obeyed, would it now be in a state of ruin and desolation?
