Job 8:5

If thou wilt earnestly seek for God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4If thy children have sinned against him, then did he send them off through the means of their transgression.

6If thou become pure and upright: surely then will he watch over thee, and restore thy righteous habitation.

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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 truly direct [aright] thy heart, and spread out thy hands toward him: —

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

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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