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Job 5

Job 5:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I would seek
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
'uwlam (Hebrew #199)
however or on the contrary
KJV usage: as for, but, howbeit, in very deed, surely, truly, wherefore.
Pronounce: oo-lawm'
Origin: apparently a variation of 194
unto God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
, and unto God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
would I commit
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
my cause
dibrah (Hebrew #1700)
a reason, suit or style
KJV usage: cause, end, estate, order, regard.
Pronounce: dib-raw'
Origin: feminine of 1697
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Job 8:5• 5If thou seekest earnestly unto God,{HR}And makest supplication to the Almighty, (Job 8:5)
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Job 22:21,27• 21Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with him, and be at peace;{HR}Thereby shall good come to thee.
 27Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee,{HR}And thou shalt pay thy vows, (Job 22:21,27)
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Gen. 32:7‑12• 7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the sheep and the herds and the camels, into two companies .
 8And he said, If Esau come to the one company and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
 9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst to me, Return to thy country and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee;
 10I am less than all the mercies and all the truth that thou hast shown unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two companies.
 11Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from Esau's hand; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.
 12And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as sand of the sea which cannot be numbered for multitude. (Gen. 32:7‑12)
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2 Chron. 33:12‑13• 12{i}And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,{/i}
 13{i}and prayed to him. And he was intreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.{/i} Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God. (2 Chron. 33:12‑13)
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Psa. 50:15• 15And call upon me in the day of trouble:{HR}I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)
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Psa. 77:1‑2• 1To the chief musician, on (over) Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph.{HR}My voice is to God, and I will cry;{HR}My voice [is] to God, and he will give ear to me.
 2In the day of my distress I sought the Lord (Adonai);{HR}My hand was stretched out in the night and slacked not;{HR}My soul refused to be comforted. (Psa. 77:1‑2)
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Jonah 2:1‑7• 1Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish’s belly,
 2and said,
 3{i}For thou didst cast me into the depth,{HR}Into the heart of the seas,{HR}And the flood was round about me:{HR}All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.{HR}{/i}
 4{i}And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes,{HR}Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.{HR}{/i}
 5{i}The waters encompassed me, to the soul:{HR}The deep was round about me,{HR}The weeds were wrapped about my head.{HR}{/i}
 6{i}I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;{HR}The bars of the earth closed upon me forever:{HR}But thou hast brought up my life from the pit,{HR}O Jehovah my God.{HR}{/i}
 7{i}When my soul fainted within me,{HR}I remembered Jehovah;{HR}And my prayer came in unto thee,{HR}Into thy holy temple.{HR}{/i} (Jonah 2:1‑7)
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Psa. 37:5• 5Roll thy way upon Jehovah;{HR}Trust also in him, and he will do [it]. (Psa. 37:5)
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2 Tim. 1:12• 12For which cause also I suffer these things; yet I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed; and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have entrusted against that day. (2 Tim. 1:12)
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1 Peter 2:23• 23who when reviled did not again revile, when suffering did not threaten, but gave over to him that judgeth righteously; (1 Peter 2:23)
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1 Peter 4:19• 19Wherefore also let those that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator. (1 Peter 4:19)
• {v.8-10} It is always good to advise men to trust in God; for He never fails those who trust in Him. “Trust in Him at all times, ye people; pour out your hearts before Him.” “Cast thy burden upon the Lord.” He is both powerful, good and kind, and can lift up those that are bowed down, refreshing their parched spirits as the rain refreshes the thirsty land. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But as for me I will seek unto *God, and unto God commit my cause;

W. Kelly Translation

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For my part, then, I would turn to God (El),{HR}And to God (Elohim) would I commit my cause,