Job 5:8
But as for me, I would turn to God himself; 1 to him I would commit my cause— 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
In Context
7Instead, mankind is born for trouble, 1 just as sparks fly upward. 1
9he who does great and unsearchable things, 1 marvelous things without number. 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12When Manasseh was in distress, he implored Yahweh, his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
Job 11:13But suppose that you had set your heart right 1 and had reached out with your hands toward God; 1
Job 22:27You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; 1 you will pay your vows to him. 1
Psalms 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble; 1 I will rescue you, and you will glorify me.” 1
Jeremiah 11:20Yet Yahweh of hosts is the righteous judge who examines the heart and the mind. 1 I will witness your vengeance against them, for I have presented my case to you.
2 Timothy 1:12For this cause I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed. I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have entrusted to him until that day.
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 →