Catholic Public Domain Version
"If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness, "
— Job 8:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.”
“If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. ”
“If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.”
“if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous home.”
“If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake unto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:”
“If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.”
“If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.”
Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,)