Job 8:5

If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,

6If pure and upright thou [art], Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.

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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,

Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,

Hebrews 3:7Wherefore, (as the Holy Spirit saith, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear —

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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