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Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him

Job 5:1

In 11 translations

BSB
“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
KJV
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?turn: or, look?
WEB
“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
ASV
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
LSV
“Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
YLT
Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
DBY
Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
DRC
Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
GNV
Call nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?
JPS
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
LXXE
But call, if any one will hearken to thee, or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels.

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Original-language editions

WLC
קְֽרָא־נָ֭א הֲיֵ֣שׁ עוֹנֶ֑ךָּ וְאֶל־מִ֖י מִקְּדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּפְנֶֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ἐπικαλέσαι δὲ εἴ τις σοι ὑπακούσεται, ἢ εἴ τινα ἀγγέλων ἁγίων ὄψῃ·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 15:15If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
  • Job 4:18If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
  • Job 15:8–10Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself? What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us? Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older…
  • Isaiah 41:21–23“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob. “Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce…
  • Ephesians 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
  • Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
  • Isaiah 41:1“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
  • Deuteronomy 33:2–3He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand. Surely You love the people; all the holy ones…
  • Psalms 16:3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
  • Psalms 106:16In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

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