Job 5:8
But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
In Context
7But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
9Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought the 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 —
Job 22:27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
Psalms 50:15And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'
Jeremiah 11:20But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see Thy vengeance on them; for unto Thee have I revealed my cause.
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 →