Job 5:8
But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
In Context
7But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
9Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in tribulation, he prayed to the Lord his God, and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers,
Job 11:13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
Job 22:27Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes.
Psalms 50:15And call vpon me in the day of trouble: so will I deliuer thee, and thou shalt glorifie me.
Jeremiah 11:20But O Lord of hostes, that iudgest righteously, and triest the reines and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for vnto thee haue I opened my cause.
2 Timothy 1:12For the which cause I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed: for I knowe whom I haue beleeued, and I am persuaded that he is able to keepe that which I haue committed to him against 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 →