Job 8:7
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
KJV
in tantum ut si priora tua fuerint parva, et novissima tua multiplicentur nimis.
Vulgate
ἔσται οὖν τὰ μὲν πρῶτά σου ὀλίγα, τὰ δὲ ἔσχατά σου ἀμύθητα.
LXX
And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
ASV
וְ/הָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְ/ךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝/אַחֲרִיתְ/ךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הּ
h
noun · 61×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה
yshgh
verb · 4×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מִצְעָ֑ר
mts'r
noun · 5×
רֵאשִׁ֣ית
r'shyt
noun · 51×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 18:44 — And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down
- 2Pet 2:20 — For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them
- 2Sam 3:1 — Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
- Deut 8:16 — Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
- Ezra 3:12 — But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice;
- Job 42:12 — So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
- Job 42:12 — So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
- Matt 13:12 — For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
- Matt 13:31 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
- Prov 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
- Prov 19:20 — Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
- Ps 107:41 — Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
- Zech 4:10 — For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through
- Zech 4:10 — For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through
- Zech 14:7 — But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.