New English Translation
Job 5:8
Job 5:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
- New International Version (NIV)“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause—
Context of Job 5:8
6For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground, 7but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward. “But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case. 9He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number; 10he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields;
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אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אָשִׂ֥ים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 5:8
- Job 8:5But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,
- Job 22:21“Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.
- Genesis 32:7Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, as well as the flocks, herds, and camels.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
- Psalms 50:15Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”
- Psalms 77:1I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.
- Jonah 2:1Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish
- Psalms 37:5Commit your future to the Lord! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.
- 2 Timothy 1:12Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.
- 1 Peter 2:23When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.
- 1 Peter 4:19So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.
Commentaries on Job 5:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I would seek unto God - Were I in your place, instead of wasting my time, and irritating my soul with useless complaints, I would apply to my Maker, and, if conscious of my innocence, would confidently commit my cause to him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I would seek unto God - Our translators have omitted here the adversative particle אוּלם 'ûlâm but, yet, nevertheless, and have thus marred the connection. The meaning of Eliphaz, I take to be, “that since affliction is ordered by an intelligent Being, and does not spring out of the ground, therefore he would commit his cause to God, and look to him.” Jerome has well expressed it, Quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum. Some have understood this as meaning…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. We must not attribute our afflictions to fortune, for they are from God; nor our sins to fate, for they are from ourselves. Man is born in sin, and therefore born to trouble…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Appeal to God: This meant a formal request for help, advice, or removal of blame, sometimes through asking God to forgive (Amos 5:4, 6). It could possibly refer to an appeal through a message from a prophet (Genesis 25:22; 1 Samuel 9:9; 1 Kings 22:8). Job wanted to present his cause before God. Later he tried to do that very thing (Job 13:3, 15, 18; 23:3–8; 29:1–31:40).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Therefore (as affliction is ordered by God, on account of sin), "I would" have you to "seek unto God" (Is 8:19; Am 5:8; Jr 5:24).Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Job 5:8 Eliphaz affirms that if he were in Job’s place he would take refuge in God, but Job has to acknowledge that he has offended God and accept this suffering as his chastisement. Job eventually will submit to God in the end, but not in the way that Eliphaz advises here, for Job does not agree that the sufferings are judgments from God. ↩
Commentaries on Job 5
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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