Job 11:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,”

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BSBPD

“As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“If thou--thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 11:13 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:29Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
  2. 1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of 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.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 12:14And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
  4. 2 Chronicles 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
  5. Job 5:8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
  6. Job 8:5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
  7. Job 22:21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
  8. Psalms 68:31Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
  9. Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
  10. Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
  11. Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
  12. Lamentations 3:41Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
  13. Luke 12:47That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

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