God’s Word Translation
Job 8:5
5If you search for God and plead for mercy from 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
3Does God distort justice, or does the Almighty distort righteousness? 4If your children sinned against him, he allowed them to suffer the consequences of their sinfulness. If you search for God and plead for mercy from the Almighty, 6if you are moral and ethical, then he will rise up on your behalf and prove your righteousness by rebuilding your home. 7Then what you had in the past will seem small compared with the great prosperity you’ll have in the future.
Read all of Job 8Job 8:5 word by word
אִם־אַ֭תָּה תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 8:5
- Job 5:8“But I would seek God’s help and present my case to him.
- Job 11:13“If you want to set your heart right, then pray to him.
- Job 22:21“Be in harmony and at peace with God. In this way you will have prosperity.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12When he experienced this distress, he begged the Lord his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
- Matthew 7:7“Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.
- Hebrews 3:7As the Holy Spirit says, “If you hear God speak today, don’t be stubborn.
- James 4:7So place yourselves under God’s authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away 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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