Key Verse Spotlight
Job 8:7 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.”
Job 8:7
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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}
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