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Job 8:5–6

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5“If you would aseek God earnestly

And plead for the grace of 1the Almighty,

6If you are pure and upright,

Indeed now aHe would rouse Himself for you

And make your righteous babode at peace.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Heb Shaddai

Cross references

  1. aJob 5:17–27
  2. aJob 22:27; 34:28; Ps 7:6
  3. bJob 5:24

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If you will seek God

and plead with the Almighty for mercy,

if you are pure and upright,

surely then he will rouse himself for you

and restore your rightful habitation.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.