Job 8:5
אִם ־ אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל ־ אֵל וְאֶל ־ שַׁדַּי תִּתְחַנָּֽן ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
In Context
4אִם ־ בָּנֶיךָ חָֽטְאוּ ־ לוֹ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד ־ פִּשְׁעָֽם ׃
6אִם ־ זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּי ־ עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶֽךָ ׃
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12וּכְהָצֵר לוֹ חִלָּה אֶת ־ פְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו וַיִּכָּנַע מְאֹד מִלִּפְנֵי אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתָֽיו ׃
Job 11:13אִם ־ אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ לִבֶּךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּֽךָ ׃
Isaiah 55:6דִּרְשׁוּ יְהוָה בְּהִמָּצְאוֹ קְרָאֻהוּ בִּֽהְיוֹתוֹ קָרֽוֹב ׃
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 →