Job 8:5

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

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have delivered them into the hand of their transgression:

6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Job 11:13If thou set thine heart aright, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Hebrews 3:7Wherefore, even as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye shall hear his voice,

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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