TheWay BibleJob 5:8 KJV
Job · chapter 5 · verse 8
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:Job 5:8 · King James Version
Job 5:8 in context
6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
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Key words (Strong's)
- commitsûwmto putH7760 →
- seekʼûwlâmhowever or on the contraryH199 →
- seekdârashproperly, to tread or frequentH1875 →
- GodʼêlstrengthH410 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Eliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his children as the just punishment of his sin, that he might not drive him to despair, here begins to encourage him, and puts him in a way to make himself easy.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-16