If thou be pure and upright, then surely he will awake up unto thee, and he will make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

And though thy beginning [a]be small, yet thy latter end shall greatly increase.

[b]Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to search of their fathers.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:7 Though the beginnings be not so pleasant as thou wouldest desire, yet in the end thou shalt have sufficient occasion to content thyself.
  2. Job 8:8 He willeth Job to examine all antiquity, and he shall find it true which he here saith.

if you are pure and upright,
    even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(A)
    and restore you to your prosperous state.(B)
Your beginnings will seem humble,
    so prosperous(C) will your future be.(D)

“Ask the former generation(E)
    and find out what their ancestors learned,

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