Bible Strands
Job 11:13
As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Zophar addresses Job in his third speech, responding to Job’s defense of innocence amid severe suffering. The words — הֲכִינ֣וֹתָ (ha.khi.No.ta) means “you have directed,” and כַּפֶּֽ/ךָ (ka.Pe./kha) denotes “your palms.” The thread — Extending hands toward God functions as a posture of prayer in Psalms 88:9 and Psalms 143:6. Why it lands — The text sets a conditional requirement to reorient internal focus and physical posture toward God before detailing the necessary removal of sin.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Cross-references
- Psalms 88:9 My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
- Psalms 143:6 I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- 1 Samuel 7:3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
- Psalms 78:8 Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
- Job 8:5 But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
- Luke 12:47 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
- 2 Chronicles 12:14 And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
- Job 5:8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
- Job 22:21 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
- Psalms 68:31 Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.