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surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If you <i>were</i> pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you are pure and upright, Surely now He will stir Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If you are pure and upright, Indeed now He would rouse Himself for you And make your righteous abode at peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then, if you are pure and upright, Surely now He will awaken for you And restore your righteous place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />if you are pure and upright, then he will move even now on your behalf and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />if you are pure and upright, then He will move even now on your behalf and restore the home where your righteousness dwells. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and start living right? Then he will decide to rescue and restore you to your place of honor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />if you are moral and ethical, then he will rise up on your behalf and prove your righteousness by rebuilding your home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />if you are so honest and pure, then God will come and help you and restore your household as your reward. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />if you are clean and upright, surely then, he'll act on your behalf and restore your rightful place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If you [are] pure and upright, "" Surely now He wakes for you, "" And has completed "" The habitation of your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> If pure and upright thou art, Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If thou wert pure and upright, for now he will awake for thee and requite the habitation of thy justice.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake onto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Should you be blameless and upright, surely now he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore to you your rightful place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If you were innocent and upright, surely then he would be attentive to you, and would make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If you are innocent and upright, now he will be attentive to you, and he shall restore the dwelling of your righteousness<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If thou wert pure and upright; Surely now He would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/8-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1184" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/8.htm">Bildad: Job Should Repent</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy, <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’āt·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2134.htm" title="2134: zaḵ (Adj-ms) -- Pure, clean. From zakak; clear.">are pure</a> <a href="/hebrew/3477.htm" title="3477: wə·yā·šār (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- Straight, right. From yashar; straight.">and upright,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">even</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">now</a> <a href="/hebrew/5782.htm" title="5782: yā·‘îr (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To rouse oneself, awake. A primitive root; to wake.">He will rouse Himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on your behalf</a> <a href="/hebrew/7999.htm" title="7999: wə·šil·lam (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to be safe; figuratively, to be completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate.">and restore</a> <a href="/hebrew/6664.htm" title="6664: ṣiḏ·qe·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Rightness, righteousness. From tsadaq; the right; also equity or prosperity.">your righteous</a> <a href="/hebrew/5116.htm" title="5116: nə·waṯ (N-fsc) -- Or navah; from navah; at home; hence lovely; also a home, of God, men, flocks, or wild animals.">estate.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-4.htm">Psalm 37:4-5</a></span><br />Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. / Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a></span><br />Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-10.htm">James 4:10</a></span><br />Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-6.htm">1 Peter 5:6</a></span><br />Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a></span><br />But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a></span><br />Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-12.htm">Jeremiah 29:12-13</a></span><br />Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. / You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a></span><br />And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/145-18.htm">Psalm 145:18-19</a></span><br />The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. / He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-8</a></span><br />Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-9.htm">Luke 11:9-10</a></span><br />So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18-19</a></span><br />“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. / If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/8-17.htm">Proverbs 8:17</a></span><br />I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.</p><p class="hdg">thou wert.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-8.htm">Job 1:8</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that <i>there is</i> none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/4-6.htm">Job 4:6,7</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> not <i>this</i> thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14,15</a></b></br> Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways… </p><p class="hdg">he would.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-23.htm">Psalm 44:23</a></b></br> Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast <i>us</i> not off for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/59-4.htm">Psalm 59:4,5</a></b></br> They run and prepare themselves without <i>my</i> fault: awake to help me, and behold… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a></b></br> Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. <i>Art</i> thou not it that hath cut Rahab, <i>and</i> wounded the dragon?</p><p class="hdg">make.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23-30</a></b></br> If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-10.htm">Isaiah 3:10</a></b></br> Say ye to the righteous, that <i>it shall be</i> well <i>with him</i>: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/3-8.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Awaken</a> <a href="/job/6-22.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/job/3-14.htm">Building</a> <a href="/job/7-21.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/job/4-17.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/job/6-30.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/esther/1-5.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/esther/8-7.htm">Estate</a> <a href="/job/5-24.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/esther/5-9.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/judges/18-5.htm">Prosperous</a> <a href="/job/4-17.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-12.htm">Restore</a> <a href="/job/7-2.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/job/6-29.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/job/8-3.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-1.htm">Rightful</a> <a href="/job/3-8.htm">Rouse</a> <a href="/job/6-28.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/job/8-3.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-11.htm">Waketh</a> <a href="/revelation/3-15.htm">Wert</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/14-12.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/psalms/57-8.htm">Awaken</a> <a href="/job/13-7.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/job/12-14.htm">Building</a> <a href="/job/9-15.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/job/9-30.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/job/9-29.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/job/15-32.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">Estate</a> <a href="/job/18-15.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/job/12-6.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/job/8-7.htm">Prosperous</a> <a href="/job/11-4.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/job/20-10.htm">Restore</a> <a href="/job/15-31.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/job/9-2.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/job/27-6.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Rightful</a> <a href="/job/41-10.htm">Rouse</a> <a href="/job/8-19.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/job/10-15.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Waketh</a> <a href="/songs/8-1.htm">Wert</a><div class="vheading2">Job 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/8-1.htm">Bildad shows God's justice in dealing with men according to their works.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/8-8.htm">He alleges antiquity to prove the certain destruction of the hypocrite.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/8-20.htm">He applies God's just dealing to Job.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of the Book of Job, Bildad is speaking to Job, suggesting that his suffering might be due to a lack of purity or uprightness. The concept of purity and uprightness is central to the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, where a life aligned with God's commandments is often associated with blessings and favor. This aligns with passages like <a href="/psalms/24-3.htm">Psalm 24:3-4</a>, which speak of the pure in heart being able to stand in God's holy place. The cultural context of the time placed a high value on moral integrity, often equating it with divine favor.<p><b>even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf</b><br>This suggests that God is attentive and responsive to the actions and character of individuals. The idea of God rousing Himself implies a divine intervention or action in response to human behavior. This reflects the belief in a personal God who is actively involved in the lives of His people, a theme prevalent throughout the Old Testament. The phrase can be connected to other scriptures where God is depicted as a defender and helper of the righteous, such as <a href="/psalms/46.htm">Psalm 46:1</a>, which describes God as a refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.<p><b>and restore your righteous estate</b><br>Restoration is a key theme in the Bible, often associated with God's justice and mercy. The concept of a "righteous estate" implies a return to a state of blessing and favor that is in line with God's will. This can be seen as a foreshadowing of the ultimate restoration through Jesus Christ, who restores humanity to a right relationship with God. The historical context of Job's story, set in a patriarchal society, would view material and social restoration as evidence of divine approval. This phrase also connects to the broader biblical narrative of restoration, as seen in passages like <a href="/joel/2-25.htm">Joel 2:25</a>, where God promises to restore the years the locusts have eaten.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing severe trials and suffering.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/bildad_the_shuhite.htm">Bildad the Shuhite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Bildad speaks, suggesting that Job's suffering is due to sin and that repentance will restore him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty, who is sovereign over all creation. Bildad implies that God will act justly if Job is indeed pure and upright.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_heavenly_court.htm">The Heavenly Court</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, the context of Job includes the heavenly court where God and Satan discuss Job's faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_purity_and_uprightness.htm">The Importance of Purity and Uprightness</a></b><br>Bildad emphasizes the need for purity and uprightness, reflecting a biblical principle that God honors those who live righteously. This calls believers to examine their lives and strive for holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>While Bildad suggests suffering is a result of sin, the broader account of Job teaches that suffering can occur for reasons beyond human understanding. Believers are encouraged to trust God's sovereignty even when His ways are mysterious.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_restoration.htm">God's Justice and Restoration</a></b><br>Bildad's statement reflects a belief in God's justice and His ability to restore. Christians can find hope in God's promise to ultimately restore and vindicate His people, even if it doesn't happen immediately.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_friends_in_times_of_trial.htm">The Role of Friends in Times of Trial</a></b><br>Bildad's approach shows the importance of offering support and counsel to those in distress, but also the need for sensitivity and understanding of God's broader purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_timing.htm">Faith in God's Timing</a></b><br>The verse encourages believers to maintain faith in God's timing for restoration and intervention, trusting that He will act on behalf of the righteous in His perfect time.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">If thou wert pure and upright.</span>--Of course, then, there is but one inference: thou art not pure and upright. These are verily the wounds of a friend which are not faithful. Bildad brings to the maintenance of his point the experience of former generations. He wishes to be very orthodox in his assertions, and to base his statements upon authority, and he appeals to the experience of former ages long gone by, and calls them to attest the truth of what he says. He also, like Eliphaz, uses figures, and has recourse to metaphor, only his figures are highly obscure and admit of various explanations. We give that which seems to commend itself most to us. It appears, then, that Bildad contemplates two representative characters, the two which are so prominent throughout this book--namely, the righteous and the wicked. He depicts the latter first, and describes him under the likeness of the paper-reed, or rush that grows in the mire of Egyptian swamps, which, though surrounded with moisture, yet as a matter of fact is liable soon to wither: so is the wicked man, according to this moralist and philosopher. He is surrounded by mercies and blessings, but they avail him nought; he withereth in the midst of abundance.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If thou wert pure and upright</span>. Job had asserted this, not in so many words, but substantially (<a href="/job/6-29.htm">Job 6:29, 30</a>). We have God's testimony that it was true (<a href="/job/1-8.htm">Job 1:8</a>; <a href="/job/2-3.htm">Job 2:3</a>); not, of course, in the sense that he was absolutely free from sin, but in that qualified sense in which "just," and "righteous," and "pure," and "holy" can be properly used of men. Bildad implies, without boldly asserting it, that he does not believe Job to deserve the epithets, either absolutely or in a qualified sense. If he were so, Surely now he (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> God) would awake for thee. This is a common anthropomorphism (see <a href="/psalms/7-6.htm">Psalm 7:6</a>; <a href="/psalms/35-25.htm">Psalm 35:25</a>; <a href="/psalms/44-23.htm">Psalm 44:23</a>; <a href="/psalms/59-4.htm">Psalm 59:4, 5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a>). And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous; or, <span class="accented">make</span> <span class="accented">peaceful the habitation wherein thy righteousness dwelleth</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> make peaceful the habitation wherein thou, a righteous man ex <span class="accented">hypothesi</span> dwellest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/8-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֥תָּה</span> <span class="translit">(’āt·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are pure</span><br /><span class="heb">זַ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(zaḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2134.htm">Strong's 2134: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pure, clean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and upright,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָשָׁ֗ר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·šār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3477.htm">Strong's 3477: </a> </span><span class="str2">Straight, right</span><br /><br /><span class="word">even</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">now</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֭תָּה</span> <span class="translit">(‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He will rouse Himself</span><br /><span class="heb">יָעִ֣יר</span> <span class="translit">(yā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rouse oneself, awake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on your behalf</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and restore</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šil·lam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7999.htm">Strong's 7999: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your righteous</span><br /><span class="heb">צִדְקֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiḏ·qe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6664.htm">Strong's 6664: </a> </span><span class="str2">The right, equity, prosperity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">estate.</span><br /><span class="heb">נְוַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(nə·waṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5116.htm">Strong's 5116: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/8-6.htm">Job 8:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/8-6.htm">Job 8:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/8-6.htm">Job 8:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/8-6.htm">Job 8:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/8-6.htm">Job 8:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/8-6.htm">Job 8:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/8-6.htm">Job 8:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/8-6.htm">Job 8:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/8-6.htm">Job 8:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/8-6.htm">Job 8:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/8-6.htm">OT Poetry: Job 8:6 If you were pure and upright surely (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/8-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 8:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 8:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/8-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 8:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 8:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>