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Job 11:13

PrayerRepentance

11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

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BSB
As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
KJV
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
WEB
“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
ASV
If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;
DARBY
If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
BLB
If you would prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands to Him,
ÅB
Hvis du retter ditt hjerte og utbreder dine hender til ham -
OTB
«Hvis du forbereder ditt hjerte og
rekker ut dine hender mot Ham,
B1930
Hvis du retter ditt hjerte og utbreder dine hender til ham -

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Psalms 143:6

    I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

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  • Psalms 88:9

    Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

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  • Psalms 78:8

    And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:3

    And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

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  • Job 8:5–6

    If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

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  • Luke 12:47

    And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

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  • Job 5:8

    I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

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  • 2 Chronicles 12:14

    And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

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