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If your children sinned against him,
then[a] he sent them into the power[b] of their transgression.
If you yourself[c] would seek God,
then[d] you would plead to Shaddai for grace.
If you are pure and upright,
indeed,[e] now he will rouse himself for you,
and he will restore your righteous abode.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:4 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 8:4 Literally “hand”
  3. Job 8:5 Emphatic personal pronoun
  4. Job 8:5 Hebrew “and”
  5. Job 8:6 Or “even,” or “yes”