Job 8:5

Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,

6If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.

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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:

Isaiah 55:6Seeke ye the Lord while he may be found: call ye vpon him while he is neere.

Hebrews 3:7Wherefore, as the holy Ghost sayth, To day if ye shall heare his voyce,

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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