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Job 5:8
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However, if I were you, I would appeal to Godand would present my case to him.
"But as for me, I would seek God, To God would I commit my cause;
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
"But if I were you, I would call on God and bring my problem before him.
"But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.
"As for me, I would seek God and inquire of Him, And I would commit my cause to God;
"But as for me, I would seek God, And I would make my plea before God,
"But as for me, I would seek God, To God would I commit my cause;
But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
"But as for me, I would seek God,And I would set my cause before God,
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him
Job, if I were you, I would ask God for help.
"If I were you, I would seek God; I would make my plea to him.
But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
If I were you, I would turn to God and tell him about my problems.
But as for me. I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause,
If I were you, I would turn to God and present my case to him.
"But I myself will seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.
Truly, I would seek to God, and to God I would put my plea,
But now will I speake off the LORDE, and talke of God:
But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:
But I woulde aske counsell at the Lorde, and talke with God?
But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;
I would seeke vnto God, and vnto God would I commit my cause:
Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Wherfor Y schal biseche the Lord, and Y schal sette my speche to my God.
But as for me, I would seek to God, And to God would I commit my cause;
I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:
"But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause--
"But as for me, I would look to God. I would put my troubles before God.
"As for me, I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.
Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause: -
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause;
Yet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
"If I were in your shoes, I'd go straight to God, I'd throw myself on the mercy of God. After all, he's famous for great and unexpected acts; there's no end to his surprises. He gives rain, for instance, across the wide earth, sends water to irrigate the fields. He raises up the down-and-out, gives firm footing to those sinking in grief. He aborts the schemes of conniving crooks, so that none of their plots come to term. He catches the know-it-alls in their conspiracies— all that intricate intrigue swept out with the trash! Suddenly they're disoriented, plunged into darkness; they can't see to put one foot in front of the other. But the downtrodden are saved by God, saved from the murderous plots, saved from the iron fist. And so the poor continue to hope, while injustice is bound and gagged.
"But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
seek: Job 8:5, Job 22:21, Job 22:27, Genesis 32:7-12, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 77:1, Psalms 77:2, Jonah 2:1-7
unto God: Psalms 37:5, 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 Peter 2:23, 1 Peter 4:19
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 24:12 - Lord judge 2 Samuel 21:1 - of the Lord Job 9:15 - I would Job 11:13 - prepare Job 15:4 - restrainest Job 15:11 - the consolations Psalms 119:154 - Plead Proverbs 16:3 - thy works Ecclesiastes 9:1 - that the Jeremiah 11:20 - revealed
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I would seek unto God,.... Or "truly" e, "certainly, doubtless, I do seek unto God", verily I do so; for so the words are introduced in the original text, and express what Eliphaz had done when under afflictions himself; for he was not without them, though he had not them to such a degree as Job had; and when he was under them, this was the course he took; he sought unto God by prayer to support him under them, to sanctify them to him, and to deliver him out of them; and this he proposes for Job's imitation, and suggests, that if he was in his case, this would be the first step he should take; and good advice this is, nothing more proper for a man, especially a saint, than, when afflicted of God, to seek unto him, to seek his face and his favour, to entreat his gracious presence, and the discoveries of his love, that he may see that it is not in wrath, but in love, he afflicts him; to submit unto him, humble himself before him, acknowledge his sins, and implore his pardoning grace and mercy; to entreat him to help him, in this time of need, to exercise the graces of faith and patience, and every other; to desire counsel and advice how to behave under the present trial, and to be made acquainted with the reasons, ends, and uses of the dispensation, as well as to beg for strength to bear up under it, and in his own time to grant deliverance from it:
and unto God would I commit my cause; or "direct my word or speech" f to him; that is, in prayer, as Sephorno adds; I would, as if he should say, make known my case to him, tell him the whole of it, and pour out my soul before him; and then I would leave it with him, and not wrangle, quarrel, and contend with him, but say, "here am I, let him do what seemeth good unto him": some render the words, "truly", or "indeed I shall discourse concerning God, and order my speech about Deity" g; I shall no longer insist on this subject, but drop it, and hereafter treat of God, his nature, being, and perfections, and particularly his works; though these are rather observed in the following verses, as so many arguments to engage Job to seek the Lord, and leave his case and cause to him.
e אולם "profecto", Junius Tremellius "enimvero", Piscator, Cocceius, Schultens; "certe", Mercerus, Vatablus, Beza; "verum, enimvero", Schmidt, Michaelis; so Broughton. f אשים דברתי "ponam eloquium meum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "deponerem verba mea, i.e. dirigerem", Vatablus; "dirigerem sermonem meum", Beza, Michaelis; "dispose my talk unto God", Broughton. g "Enucleatius disseram de Deo, et de Numine instruam sermocinationem meam", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I would seek unto God - Our translators have omitted here the adversative particle אוּלם 'ûlâm but, yet, nevertheless, and have thus marred the connection. The meaning of Eliphaz, I take to be, “that since affliction is ordered by an intelligent Being, and does not spring out of the ground, therefore he would commit his cause to God, and look to him.” Jerome has well expressed it, Quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum. Some have understood this as meaning that Eliphaz himself was in the habit of committing his cause to God, and that he exhorted Job to imitate his example. But the correct sense is that which regards it as counsel given to Job to look to God because afflictions are the result of intelligent design, and because God had shown himself to be worthy of the confidence of people. The latter point Eliphaz proceeds to argue in the following verses.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 5:8. I would seek unto God — Were I in your place, instead of wasting my time, and irritating my soul with useless complaints, I would apply to my Maker, and, if conscious of my innocence, would confidently commit my cause to him.
