Job 5:8

In 11 translations

BSB

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

KJV

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

WEB

“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

ASV

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

LSV

Yet I inquire for God, || And for God I give my word,

YLT

Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,

DBY

But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;ElElohim

DRC

Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:

GNV

But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:

JPS

But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;

LXXE

Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;

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WLC

אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אָשִׂ֥ים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ ἐγὼ δεηθήσομαι Κυρίου, Κύριον δὲ τὸν πάντων δεσπότην ἐπικαλέσομαι,

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• Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
• Psalms 37:5Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
• Job 22:21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
• 2 Chronicles 33:12–13And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He…
• 1 Peter 4:19So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
• 1 Peter 2:23When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
• 2 Timothy 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
• Job 22:27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
• Job 8:5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
• Genesis 32:7–12In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels. He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.” Then Jacob declared, “O…
• Psalms 77:1–2I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me. In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
• Jonah 2:1–7From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God, saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. For You cast me into the…

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