Job 8:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־זַ֥ךְ וְיָשָׁ֗ר אָ֥תָּה כִּי־עַ֭תָּה יָעִ֣יר עָלֶ֑יךָ וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗ם נְוַ֣ת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

If zaḵ wĕ-yāšār ʾāttāh kî-ʿattāh yāʿîr ʿālêḵā wĕ-šillam nĕwat ṣidqeḵā

Grammar Details

• *ʾim*: conditional particle - if
• *zaḵ*: adjective masculine singular - pure/clean
• *wĕ-yāšār*: conjunction + adjective masculine singular - and upright
• *ʾāttāh*: personal pronoun 2nd masculine singular - you
• *kî-ʿattāh*: conjunction + adverb - surely now
• *yāʿîr*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will rouse/awake
• *ʿālêḵā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - for you
• *wĕ-šillam*: conjunction + piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he will restore/make whole
• *nĕwat*: noun feminine singular construct - habitation/dwelling of
• *ṣidqeḵā*: noun masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your righteousness

Word Meanings

• *zaḵ*: pure/clean/clear
• *yāšār*: upright/straight/right
• *yāʿîr*: rouse/awake/stir up
• *šillam*: restore/make whole/complete
• *nĕwat*: habitation/dwelling/abode
• *ṣidqeḵā*: righteousness/rightness/justice

Referenced Verses

• Ps 7:6 : 6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
• 1 John 3:19-22 : 19 {G2532} Hereby {G5129} shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him: 20 because if our heart {G3754} condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; 22 and whatsoever {G1437} we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
• Job 1:8 : 8 And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil.
• Job 4:6-7 : 6 Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, [And] the integrity of thy ways thy hope? 7 Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
• Job 5:24 : 24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.
• Job 16:17 : 17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
• Job 21:14-15 : 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
• Job 22:23-30 : 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents. 24 And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, And [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks; 25 And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee. 26 For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways. 29 When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; And the humble person he will save. 30 He will deliver [even] him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
• Ps 26:5-6 : 5 I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked. 6 I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
• Ps 44:23 : 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
• Ps 59:4-5 : 4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold. 5 Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to visit all the nations: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. {H5542}
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• Isa 1:15 : 15 And 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 3:10 : 10 Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
• Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?
• 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.