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Job 8:5

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

KJV

tu tamen si diluculo consurrexeris ad Deum, et Omnipotentem fueris deprecatus ;

Vulgate

σὺ δὲ ὄρθριζε πρὸς Κύριον Παντοκράτορα δεόμενος.

LXX

If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

ASV

אִם אַ֭תָּה תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר אֶל אֵ֑ל וְ/אֶל שַׁ֝דַּ֗י תִּתְחַנָּֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
נְנִי
nny
verb · 12×
נִי
ny
verb · 79×
שַׁדַּ֣י
shdy
proper_noun · 48×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 33:12 — And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
  • Heb 3:7 — Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
  • Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Jas 4:7 — Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  • Job 5:8 — I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
  • Job 5:8 — I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
  • Job 9:15 — Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
  • Job 11:13 — If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
  • Job 11:13 — If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
  • Job 16:17 — Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
  • Job 22:23 — If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
  • Mark 4:38 — And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
  • Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
  • Ps 63:1 — O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;