Job 8 · Verse 6

Job 8:6

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Job 8:6, King James Version

Job 8:6 in other translations

BSBif you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
WEBIf you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
ASVIf thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
YLTIf pure and upright thou art, Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.
DARBYIf thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
BBEIf 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.
WebsterIf thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

What does Job 8:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. He would awake for thee--that is, arise to thy help. God seemed to be asleep toward the sufferer (Psa 35:23; 7:6; Is 51:9). make ... prosperous--restore to prosperity thy (their) righteous habitation. Bildad assumes it to have been heretofore the habitation of guilt.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 8:1-7

Job spake much to the purpose; but Bildad, like an eager, angry disputant, turns it all off with this, How long wilt thou speak these things? Men's meaning is not taken aright, and then they are rebuked, as if they were evil-doers. Even in disputes on religion, it is too common to treat others with sharpness, and their arguments with contempt. Bildad's discourse shows that he had not a favourable opinion of Job's…

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Job 8:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִם\־'im-ifH518
זַ֥ךְzakh[are] pureH2134
וְיָשָׁ֗רve.ya.Sharand uprightH3477
אָ֥תָּה'A.tahyouH859
כִּי\־ki-forH3588
עַ֭תָּה'A.tahnowH6258
יָעִ֣ירya.'Irhe will awakeH5782
עָלֶ֑יךָ'a.Lei.khaon youH5921
וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗םve.shi.Lamand he will restoreH7999
נְוַ֣תne.Vat[the] abode ofH5116
צִדְקֶֽךָ\׃tzid.Ke.charighteousness yourH6664

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 8:6

  • Isaiah 51:9

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

  • Isaiah 3:10

    Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

  • Job 5:24

    And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

  • Psalms 7:6

    Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

  • Proverbs 15:8

    The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

  • Job 16:17

    Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

  • Psalms 59:4-5

    They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

  • Job 4:6-7

    Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

  • Psalms 26:5-6

    I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:

  • 1 John 3:19-22

    And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

  • 1 Timothy 2:8

    I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

  • Job 21:14-15

    Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou wert.
1:8; 4:6,7; 21:14,15; 16:17; Ps 26:5,6; Pr 15:8; Isa 1:15; 1Ti 2:8
1Jo 3:19-22
he would.
Ps 44:23; 59:4,5; Isa 51:9
make.
22:23-30; Isa 3:10

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Context

  • Job 8:5

    If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

  • Job 8:6

    If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

  • Job 8:7

    Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

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Job 8:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Si fueres limpio y derecho, cierto luego se despertará sobre ti, y hará próspera la morada de tu justicia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Si tu es pur et droit, certainement il se réveillera maintenant en ta faveur, et rendra prospère la demeure de ta justice;
German
Elberfelder 1871		wenn du lauter und rechtschaffen bist, ja, dann wird er zu deinen Gunsten aufwachen und Wohlfahrt geben der Wohnung deiner Gerechtigkeit;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		si mundus et rectus incesseris: statim evigilabit ad te, et pacatum reddet habitaculum justitiæ tuæ,