Job 5:8
Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
In Context
7For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
9Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers,
Job 11:13If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
Job 22:27Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
Psalms 50:15And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
Jeremiah 11:20And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.'
2 Timothy 1:12for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard — to 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 →