If you were pure and upright,
surely now he would awaken for you,
and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 8:6 in context
Job 8:3–9
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Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
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If your children have sinned against him,
he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
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If you want to seek God diligently,
make your supplication to the Almighty.
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If you were pure and upright,
surely now he would awaken for you,
and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
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Though your beginning was small,
yet your latter end would greatly increase.
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“Please inquire of past generations.
Find out about the learning of their fathers.
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(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
because our days on earth are a shadow.)
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