Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
If thou wert pure and upright, for now he will awake for thee and requite the habitation of thy justice.
New American Standard Bible
Surely now
And restore your righteous
King James Version
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Holman Bible
then He will move even now on your behalf
and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.
International Standard Version
if you are clean and upright, surely then, he'll act on your behalf and restore your rightful place.
A Conservative Version
if thou were pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
American Standard Version
If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Amplified
Then, if you are pure and upright,
Surely now He will awaken for you
And restore your righteous place.
Bible in Basic English
If 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.
Darby Translation
If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
King James 2000
If you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If you [are] pure and upright, indeed, now he will rouse himself for you, and he will restore your righteous abode.
Modern King James verseion
if you were pure and upright, surely now He would awake for you, and make the dwelling-place of your righteousness blessed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If thou wouldest live a pure and godly life; should he not wake up unto thee immediately, and give thee the beauty of righteousness again?
NET Bible
if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.
New Heart English Bible
If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
The Emphasized Bible
If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:
Webster
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
World English Bible
If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
Youngs Literal Translation
If pure and upright thou art, Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.
Interlinear
Yashar
`uwr
Naveh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 8:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's First Response To Job
5 If thou shalt seek to God, if thou shalt make supplication to him; 6 If thou wert pure and upright, for now he will awake for thee and requite the habitation of thy justice. 7 And thy beginning was small, and thy latter state shall increase greatly.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 7:6
Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger, lift up thyself for the wrath of mine enemies: and awake to me the judgment thou didst command.
Job 1:8
And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Didst thou set thy heart to my servant Job? for none like him in the earth; a man blameless and upright, fearing God and departing from evil.
Job 4:6-7
Is not thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the integrity of thy ways?
Job 5:24
And thou knewest that thy tent is peace, and thou reviewedst thy dwelling, and thou shalt not sin.
Job 16:17
Not for violence in my hands: and my prayer is clean.
Job 21:14-15
And they will say to God, Depart from us; and we desired not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job 22:23-30
If thou wilt turn back even to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt remove iniquity far off from thy tent
Psalm 26:5-6
I hated the convocation of those being evil, and with the unjust I will not sit
Psalm 44:23
Awake, why wilt thou sleep, O Jehovah? awake, thou wilt not reject forever.
Psalm 59:4-5
Not iniquity, they will run and they will prepare: be aroused to meet me, and see.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the unjust an abomination of Jehovah: and the prayer of the upright his acceptance.
Isaiah 1:15
And in the spreading forth of your hands I will hide mine eyes from you.; also when ye shall multiply prayer I hear not: your hands were full of blood.
Isaiah 3:10
Say to the just, that it is good that they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Isaiah 51:9
Rouse up, rouse up, put on strength, thou arm of Jehovah; rouse up as the days of old, of everlasting generations. Was it not with him cutting off Rahab, wounding the sea monster?
1 Timothy 2:8
I will therefore men shall pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without anger and reasoning.
1 John 3:19-22
And in this we know that we are of the truth, and we will yield our hearts before him.