Job 8:5
But if you pray to God and ask for his help,
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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
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,
Isaiah 55:6Look for the Lord while you can still find him; call out to him while he's nearby.
Hebrews 3:7This is why the Holy Spirit says, “If you hear what God is saying to you today,
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 →