Ayub 8:5

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru

Tetapi engkau, kalau engkau mencari Allah, dan memohon belas kasihan dari Yang Mahakuasa,

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Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
Tetapi engkau, kalau engkau mencari Allah, dan memohon belas kasihan dari Yang Mahakuasa,

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Jikalau engkau kembali kepada Allah dengan sungguh dan engkau meminta kasihan dari pada Yang Mahakuasa,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou wouldest: Job 5:8, Job 11:13, Job 22:21-23, Job 22:24-30, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Hebrews 3:7, Hebrews 3:8, James 4:7-10

Reciprocal: Job 9:15 - I would Job 10:2 - show me Job 16:17 - my prayer Job 22:23 - return Psalms 63:1 - early Mark 4:38 - and they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes,.... Here Bildad seems to think more mildly, and speak more kindly to Job, that though he had sinned, yet not in so gross a manner as his children, since he was spared, and they were not; and therefore if he would apply himself to God, and supplicate his grace and mercy, and live a godly life, it might yet be well with him, and he be restored to his former or to better circumstances; his sense is, that he would advise him, as Eliphaz had done before, Job 5:8; to seek unto God "by prayer", as the Targum adds, and of which it is explained in the next clause, and that he would do this "betimes", or "in the morning" n; which is a proper time for prayer, and was one of the seasons good men in former times made use of for that purpose; see Psalms 5:3; or that he would seek him in the first place, and above all things, take the first opportunity to do it, without any procrastination of it, and that with eagerness and earnestness, with his whole heart and soul; for God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him, and those that seek him early shall find him:

and make thy supplication to the Almighty: not pleading any merit of his own, as deserving of any blessing on account of what he had done; but ask what he should as a favour, as a free gift, in a way of grace and mercy, as the word o signifies; call for the pity of the Almighty, as Broughton renders it.

n תשחר "mane quaesieris", Pagninus, Piscator, Mercerus. o So Schmidt in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes - If thou wouldest do it now. If even on the supposition that your sons have thus perished, and that God has come out in judgment against your family, you would look to God, you might be restored to favor. The word rendered “seek betimes” (שׁחר shâchar) means literally to seek in the morning, to seek early; and then, to make it the first business. It is derived from the word meaning aurora (שׁחר shachar) and has reference to the early light of the morning, and hence, to an early seeking. It may be applied to seeking him in early life, or as the first thing - looking to him immediately when help is needed, or before we apply to anyone else; compare Proverbs 7:15; Proverbs 8:17; Proverbs 13:24; Job 24:5; Psalms 63:1; Psalms 78:34; Isaiah 26:9; Hosea 5:15; compare the advice of Eliphaz, Job 5:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 8:5. If thou wouldest seek unto God — Though God has so severely afflicted thee, and removed thy children by a terrible judgment; yet if thou wilt now humble thyself before him, and implore his mercy, thou shalt be saved. He cut them off in their sins, but he spares thee; and this is a proof that he waits to be gracious to thee.