Job 11:13

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

If you would prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands to Him,

Latin

Tu autem firmasti cor tuum, et expandisti ad eum manus tuas.

Hebrew

English

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

Zophar outlined three conditions for restoration (11:15):

Direct your heart. This is an internal action beyond mere ceremony.
Lift up your hands. This is a symbolic gesture of prayer, appeal, or act of surrendering (Exodus 9:29; Proverbs 1:24; Isaiah 1:15).
Put away the iniquity. This is not through sacrifice and regret, but by quitting the sin in view (compare Hebrews 11:6; James 4:8; 5:16).

Psalm 143:6
I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
Psalm 88:9
My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
Psalm 78:8
Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
1 Samuel 7:3
Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away 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.”
Job 8:5–6
But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
Luke 12:47
That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
Job 22:21–22
Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
2 Chronicles 12:14
And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
Psalm 68:31
Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
Job 5:8
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
2 Chronicles 19:3
However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”