Devine Scripture

Job 8:5

Job chapter 8 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.4If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;

v.5This passage

v.6If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hebrews 3:7

    Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

  • Job 11:13

    If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

  • Job 5:8

    But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

  • Isaiah 55:6

    Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

  • Job 22:21

    Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:12

    And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.