Job 8:5

if thou would seek diligently to God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

In Context

4If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,

6if thou were pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Job 11:13If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,

Isaiah 55:6Seek ye LORD while he may be found. Call ye upon him while he is near.

Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if ye hear his voice,

Matthew Henry on Job 8:2-8

The Address of Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the… Read the whole commentary →

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