Job 5:8
I would seek El (G-d), 1 and before Elohim would I lay my cause; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
In Context
7Yet adam is born unto amal (trouble, tzoros), 1 even as sparks fly upward. 1
9Who doeth gedolot unsearchable, 1 marvellous things without mispar; 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought Hashem Elohav, and humbled himself greatly before Elohei Avotav,
Job 11:13If thou direct thine lev, 1 and stretch out thine hands to Him, 1
Job 22:27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee, 1 and thou shalt fulfill thy nederim. 1
Psalms 50:15And call upon Me in the Yom Tzarah; 1 I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me. 1
Jeremiah 11:20But, Hashem Tzva'os, Shofet Tzedek, 1 that testeth the kelayot (kidneys) and the lev, 1 let me see Thy vengeance on them; 1 for unto Thee have I committed my cause.
2 Timothy 1:12It is because of these things also that I suffer. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and I have been persuaded that He is able to stand shomer, guarding + 1:12 preserving until HaYom HaHu the + 1:12 orthodox Jewish, see 1Ti 6:20 pikkadon (deposit) entrusted to Him by me.
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 →