Job 5:8
If it were me, I would go to God and put my case before him.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
In Context
7But human beings are born for trouble just as certainly as sparks from a fire fly upwards.
9He is the one who does amazing, incredible things; miracles that can't be counted!
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12In his misery, he asked the Lord God for help, repenting for his arrogance before the God of his forefathers.
Job 11:13But if you repent and spread out your hands to pray to him,
Job 22:27You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will keep your promises to him.
Psalms 50:15and call on me when you're in trouble. I will rescue you, and you will thank me.”
Jeremiah 11:20I appeal to you, Lord Almighty, you who judge rightly and examine people's thoughts and feelings, let me see how you punish them, because I've left my case in your hands.
2 Timothy 1:12That's also the reason I'm suffering all this, but I'm not ashamed, because I know whom I've trusted. I'm confident that he can look after what I've entrusted to him until the Day he returns.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →