Job 8:5

Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:

6If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake onto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12And after that he was in distress he prayed to the Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers.

Job 11:13Rut thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.

Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.

Hebrews 3:7Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith: To day if you shall 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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