Job 5:8 “However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before…”

Job 5:8

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

World English Bible

“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

American Standard Version

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

Geneva Bible 1599

But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:

Darby Translation

But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;

Young's Literal Translation

Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,

Bible in Basic English

But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:

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Cross references

“seek”

Psalm 50:15 Job 22:21 Job 22:27 Job 8:5 Genesis 32:7–12 Jonah 2:1–7

Psalm 50:15 · BSB

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Job 22:21 · BSB

Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

Job 22:27 · BSB

You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

Job 8:5 · BSB

But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

Genesis 32:7–12 · BSB

In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

Jonah 2:1–7 · BSB

From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,

“unto God”

Psalm 37:5 1 Peter 4:19 2 Timothy 1:12 1 Peter 2:23

Psalm 37:5 · BSB

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

1 Peter 4:19 · BSB

So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

2 Timothy 1:12 · BSB

For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

1 Peter 2:23 · BSB

When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

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