Job 8:5

even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,

6If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12And after this, being in great anguish, he prayed to the Lord his God. And he did penance greatly before the God of his fathers.

Job 11:13But you have fortified your heart and extended your hands to him.

Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord, while he is able to be found. Call upon him, while he is near.

Hebrews 3:7Because of this, it is just as the Holy Spirit says: “If today you 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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