Job 5:8

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Yet I--I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 5:8 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 32:7In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
  2. 2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
  3. Job 8:5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
  4. Job 11:13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
  5. Job 22:21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
  6. Job 22:27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
  7. Psalms 37:5Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
  8. Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
  9. Psalms 77:1I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.
  10. Jeremiah 11:20O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
  11. Jonah 2:1From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.

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