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Job 8

Job 8:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ifq thou wouldest seek
shachar (Hebrew #7836)
properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)
KJV usage: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).
Pronounce: shaw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
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
betimes
shachar (Hebrew #7836)
properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)
KJV usage: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).
Pronounce: shaw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and make thy supplication
chanan (Hebrew #2603)
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
KJV usage: beseech, X fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, X very.
Pronounce: khaw-nan'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2583)
to the Almighty
Shadday (Hebrew #7706)
the Almighty
KJV usage: Almighty.
Pronounce: shad-dah'-ee
Origin: from 7703
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Job 11:13• 13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; (Job 11:13)
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Job 22:23,8• 23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
 8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it. (Job 22:23,8)
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Cross References

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Job 5:8• 8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: (Job 5:8)
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Job 11:13• 13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; (Job 11:13)
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Job 22:21‑23,24‑30• 21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
 22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
 23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
 24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
 25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
 26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
 27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
 28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
 29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
 30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. (Job 22:21‑23,24‑30)
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2 Chron. 33:12‑13• 12And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
 13And prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God. (2 Chron. 33:12‑13)
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Isa. 55:6‑7• 6Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:6‑7)
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Matt. 7:7‑8• 7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
 8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (Matt. 7:7‑8)
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Heb. 3:7‑8• 7Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
 8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: (Heb. 3:7‑8)
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James 4:7‑10• 7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
 8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
 9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. (James 4:7‑10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If thou seek earnestly unto *God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,