Job 5:8
“I would seeke vnto God, and vnto God would I commit my cause:”
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Job 5:8 Context
6Although affliction commeth not forth of the dust, neither doeth trouble spring out of the ground: 7Yet man is borne vnto trouble, as the sparkes flie vpward. 8I would seeke vnto God, and vnto God would I commit my cause: 9Which doth great things & vnsearchable: marueilous things without number. 10Who giueth raine vpon the earth, and sendeth waters vpon the fields:
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Other Translations for Job 5:8
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
- King James Version
"But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
- American Standard Version (1901)
But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:
- Basic English Bible
But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
- Darby Bible
I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:
- Webster's Bible
But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
- World English Bible
Yet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
- Youngs Literal Bible
But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 5:8
5:8 I would - If I were in thy condition. Seek - By prayer, and humiliation, and submission, imploring his pardon, and favour.