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Job 5:1

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

KJV

Voca ergo, si est qui tibi respondeat, et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere.

Vulgate

ἐπικάλεσαι δέ, εἴ τίς σοι ὑπακούσεται, ἢ εἴ τινα ἀγγέλων ἁγίων ὄψῃ.

LXX

Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

ASV

קְֽרָא נָ֭א הֲ/יֵ֣שׁ עוֹנֶ֑/ךָּ וְ/אֶל מִ֖י מִ/קְּדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּפְנֶֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יִּ֤פֶן
ypn
verb · 135×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
קְד֥וֹשׁ
qdvsh
noun · 119×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Cross-references

  • Eph 1:1 — Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
  • Heb 12:1 — Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is
  • Isa 41:1 — Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
  • Isa 41:21 — Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
  • Job 4:18 — Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
  • Job 15:8 — Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
  • Job 15:15 — Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
  • Job 15:15 — Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.