American Standard Version
Job 8:5
5If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God,And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Job 8:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
- New International Version (NIV)But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,
- English Standard Version (ESV)If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,
Context of Job 8:5
3Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness? 4If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression; If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 7And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
Read all of Job 8Job 8:5 word by word
אִם־אַ֭תָּה תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 8:5
- Job 5:8But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
- Job 11:13If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;
- Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
- Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
- Hebrews 3:7Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,
- James 4:7Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Commentaries on Job 8:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5If thou wouldest seek unto God - Though God has so severely afflicted thee, and removed thy children by a terrible judgment; yet if thou wilt now humble thyself before him, and implore his mercy, thou shalt be saved. He cut them off in their sins, but he spares thee; and this is a proof that he waits to be gracious to thee.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes - If thou wouldest do it now. If even on the supposition that your sons have thus perished, and that God has come out in judgment against your family, you would look to God, you might be restored to favor. The word rendered “seek betimes” (שׁחר shâchar ) means literally to seek in the morning, to seek early; and then, to make it the first business. It is derived from the word meaning aurora (שׁחר shachar ) and has…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. seek unto God betimes--early. Make it the first and chief anxiety (Psa 78:34; Ho 5:15; Is 26:9; Pr 8:17; 13:24).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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