Job 8:5

If thou wouldest seek El (G-d) earnestly, 1 and make thy techinnah (supplication) to Shaddai; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4If thy banim have sinned against Him, 1 and He have cast them away for their peysha (transgression); 1

6If thou wert pure and yashar; 1 surely now He would rouse Himself for thee, 1 and restore the habitation of thy tzedek. 1

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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

Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Hashem while He may be found, 1 call ye upon Him while He is karov (near); 1

Hebrews 3:7Therefore, just as the Ruach Hakodesh says, HAYOM IM BEKOLO TISHMAU (Today, if you hear His voice); + 3:7 Ps 95:7 f

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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