King James Version
Job 5:8 in the King James Version says “I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:”
Job 5:8 · KJV
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; affliction: or, iniquity
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. trouble: or, labour sparks: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Which doeth great things and unsearchable ; marvellous things without number: unsearchable: Heb. there is no search without: Heb. till there be no number
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: fields: Heb. outplaces
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
“unto God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
“and unto God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“would I commit”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
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