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Job 8:5–6

If you will seek God

and gplead with the Almighty for mercy,

if you are pure and upright,

surely then he will hrouse himself for you

and irestore your rightful habitation.

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Job 8:5–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

But if you will seek God earnestly

and plead with the Almighty,

if you are pure and upright,

even now he will rouse himself on your behalf

and restore you to your prosperous state.

Job 8:5–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes,

And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

If thou wert pure and upright;

Surely now he would awake for thee,

And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Job 8:5–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

But if you pray to God

and seek the favor of the Almighty,

and if you are pure and live with integrity,

he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.

Job 8:5–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

If you would earnestly seek God

And make your supplication to the Almighty,

If you were pure and upright,

Surely now He would awake for you,

And prosper your rightful dwelling place.

Job 8:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

But you should ask God for help

and pray to the Almighty for mercy.

If you are good and honest,

he will stand up for you

and bring you back where you belong.

Job 8:5–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God,

And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

If thou wert pure and upright:

Surely now he would awake for thee,

And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Job 8:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

If thou seek earnestly unto •God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty, If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;

Job 8:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

If you search for God 

and plead for mercy from the Almighty, 

if you are moral and ethical, 

then he will rise up on your behalf 

and prove your righteousness by rebuilding your home. 

Job 8:5–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

But if you earnestly seek God

and ask the Almighty for mercy,

if you are pure and upright,

then He will move even now on your behalf

and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.

Job 8:5–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

If you will seek God

and make supplication to the Almighty,

if you are pure and upright,

surely then he will rouse himself for you

and restore to you your rightful place.

Job 8:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

If you yourself would seek God,

then you would plead to Shaddai for grace.

If you are pure and upright,

indeed, now he will rouse himself for you,

and he will restore your righteous abode.

Job 8:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

But look to God.

Make your appeal to the Mighty One.

Be pure and honest.

And he will rise up and help you now.

He’ll return you to the place where you belong.

Job 8:5–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

If you would seek God

And implore the compassion of the Almighty,

If you are pure and upright,

Surely now He would rouse Himself for you

And restore your righteous estate.


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