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Job 8:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If thou wert pure
zak (Hebrew #2134)
clear
KJV usage: clean, pure.
Pronounce: zak
Origin: from 2141
and upright
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
; surely now he would awake
`uwr (Hebrew #5782)
to wake (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (a- )wake(-n, up), lift up (self), X master, raise (up), stir up (self).
Pronounce: oor
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 5783 through the idea of opening the eyes)
for thee, and make the habitation
naveh (Hebrew #5116)
from 5115; (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)
KJV usage: comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.
Pronounce: naw-veh'
Origin: or (feminine) navah {naw-vaw'}
of thy righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
prosperous
shalam (Hebrew #7999)
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
KJV usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
Pronounce: shaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
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thou wert.
Job 1:8• 8And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? (Job 1:8)
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Job 4:6‑7• 6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
 7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? (Job 4:6‑7)
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Job 21:14‑15• 14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
 15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? (Job 21:14‑15)
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Job 16:17• 17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. (Job 16:17)
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Psa. 26:5‑6• 5I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
 6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord: (Psa. 26:5‑6)
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Prov. 15:8• 8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. (Prov. 15:8)
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Isa. 1:15• 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:15)
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1 Tim. 2:8• 8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. (1 Tim. 2:8)
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1 John 3:19‑22• 19And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
 20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
 21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
 22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. (1 John 3:19‑22)
he would.
Psa. 44:23• 23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. (Psa. 44:23)
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Psa. 59:4‑5• 4They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
 5Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. (Psa. 59:4‑5)
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Isa. 51:9• 9Awake, 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? (Isa. 51:9)
make.
Job 22:23‑30• 23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
 24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
 25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
 26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
 27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
 28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
 29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
 30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. (Job 22:23‑30)
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Isa. 3:10• 10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. (Isa. 3:10)
• Why did not Job, and Bildad also, pause and ask if there was not something wrong in the premise: Does God always punish for sin alone? (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• “If thou art pure and upright” —there is a strong suggestion of suspicion here—God will restore all, and bless Job’s latter end. This indeed was fulfilled, but in a vastly different way from what Bildad expected; Job is blessed not for his purity, nor because of confession of suspected evil. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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