Job 5:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ “As for me, I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ As for me, I would seek God and inquire of and require Him, and to God would I commit my cause–

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

Common English Bible

⁸ But I would seek God, put my case to God,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God.

Job 5:8 Cross References

Job 11:13

“If you direct your heart rightly, you will stretch out your hands toward him.

Job 13:2

What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

Job 13:3

But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

Job 22:21

“Agree with God, and be at peace; in this way good will come to you.

Job 22:27

You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.

Job 8:5

If you will seek God and make supplication to the Almighty,

Psalm 37:5

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.

Psalm 50:15

Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

Jeremiah 11:20

But you, O Lord of hosts, who judge righteously, who try the heart and the mind, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.

2 Timothy 1:12

and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.

1 Peter 2:23

When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.

1 Peter 4:19

Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust their lives to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.