King James Version
Job 8:7 in the King James Version says “Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.” — study this verse from Job chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.”
Job 8:7 · KJV
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) nothing: Heb. not
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Though thy beginning”
H7225the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
“should greatly”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
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