New English Translation
Job 8:5
5But if you will look to God, and make your 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
3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right? 4If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin. But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty, 6if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode. 7Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.
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 as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.
- Job 11:13“As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,
- Job 22:21“Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
- Matthew 7:7“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.
- Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!
- James 4:7So submit to 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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