Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him, New Living Translation “If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer! English Standard Version “If you prepare your heart, you will stretch out your hands toward him. Berean Standard Bible As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him, King James Bible If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; New King James Version “If you would prepare your heart, And stretch out your hands toward Him; New American Standard Bible “If you would direct your heart rightly And spread out your hands to Him, NASB 1995 “If you would direct your heart right And spread out your hand to Him, NASB 1977 “If you would direct your heart right, And spread out your hand to Him; Legacy Standard Bible “If you would set your heart right And spread out your hand to Him, Amplified Bible “If you direct your heart [on the right path] And stretch out your hands to Him, Christian Standard Bible As for you, if you redirect your heart and spread out your hands to him in prayer — Holman Christian Standard Bible As for you, if you redirect your heart and lift up your hands to Him in prayer— American Standard Version If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him; Contemporary English Version Surrender your heart to God, turn to him in prayer, English Revised Version If thou set thine heart aright, and stretch out thine hands toward him; GOD'S WORD® Translation "If you want to set your heart right, then pray to him. Good News Translation Put your heart right, Job. Reach out to God. International Standard Version "Now for you, if you will prepare your heart, spread out your hands to him. Majority Standard Bible As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him, NET Bible "As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him, New Heart English Bible "If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him. Webster's Bible Translation If thou preparest thy heart, and stretchest out thy hands towards him; World English Bible “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf you have prepared your heart, "" And have spread out your hands to Him, Young's Literal Translation If thou -- thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands, Smith's Literal Translation If thou preparedst thy heart, and didst spread thy hands towards him; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleRut thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him. Catholic Public Domain Version But you have fortified your heart and extended your hands to him. New American Bible If you set your heart aright and stretch out your hands toward him, New Revised Standard Version “If you direct your heart rightly, you will stretch out your hands toward him. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf you make your heart right, and stretch out your hands toward him; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If you have prepared your heart and you have stretched forth your hands to him OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward Him-- Brenton Septuagint Translation For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up thine hands towards him; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Zophar Rebukes Job…12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man! 13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him, 14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,… Cross References James 4:8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Psalm 24:3-4 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? / He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully. Isaiah 55:6-7 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. Jeremiah 29:12-13 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. 2 Chronicles 7:14 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. Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Psalm 66:18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life. Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 1 John 3:3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure. Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Lamentations 3:41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: 1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Treasury of Scripture If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him; prepare Job 5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: Job 8:5,6 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; … Job 22:21,22 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee… stretch Psalm 68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. Psalm 88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. Psalm 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. Jump to Previous Aright Devote Direct Hand Hands Heart Prepare Prepared Preparest Right Spread Stretch Stretchest Stretching Thou TowardsJump to Next Aright Devote Direct Hand Hands Heart Prepare Prepared Preparest Right Spread Stretch Stretchest Stretching Thou TowardsJob 11 1. Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself5. God's wisdom is unsearchable 13. The assured blessing of repentance As for you This phrase personalizes the message, directly addressing Job. In the Hebrew text, the word used here is "אַתָּה" (atah), which is a singular pronoun meaning "you." It emphasizes the individual responsibility and personal nature of the relationship with God. In the context of the Book of Job, this direct address serves as a call to personal introspection and action, highlighting the importance of individual faith and repentance. if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew As for you,אַ֭תָּ֗ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you direct הֲכִינ֣וֹתָ (hă·ḵî·nō·w·ṯā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3559: To be erect your heart לִבֶּ֑ךָ (lib·be·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre and lift up וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֖ (ū·p̄ā·raś·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6566: To break apart, disperse your hands כַּפֶּֽךָ׃ (kap·pe·ḵā) Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan to Him, אֵלָ֣יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Links Job 11:13 NIVJob 11:13 NLT Job 11:13 ESV Job 11:13 NASB Job 11:13 KJV Job 11:13 BibleApps.com Job 11:13 Biblia Paralela Job 11:13 Chinese Bible Job 11:13 French Bible Job 11:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 11:13 If you set your heart aright stretch (Jb) |
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