if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
Parallel translations
- WEB If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
- KJV If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
- NKJV If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.
- NASB If you are pure and upright, Surely now He will stir Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.
- NLT and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
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Quick answer
Bildad claims that if Job were truly pure and upright, God would rouse himself and restore his household. He implies Job's loss proves impurity.
Overview
Bildad's logic is that purity guarantees prosperity, so Job's ruin must signal hidden sin. The reader knows from chapters 1-2 that Job actually is blameless, which makes Bildad's reasoning false in this case. The book dismantles the assumption that earthly fortune is an automatic measure of personal righteousness.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
- Job 5:24You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
- Isa 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Prov 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Ps 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- Ps 59:4–5For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
- Job 16:17yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
- 1 Jn 3:19–22And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
- Ps 44:23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
- 1 Tim 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
- Isa 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Job 1:8Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
- Job 21:14–15Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Ps 26:5–6I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
- Job 4:6–7Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
- Job 22:23–30If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
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