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Selected Verse: Job 8:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 8:5 |
Strong Concordance |
If thou wouldest seek [07836] unto God [0410] betimes [07836], and make thy supplication [02603] to the Almighty [07706]; |
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King James |
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| seek unto God betimes--early. Make it the first and chief anxiety (Psa 78:34; Hos 5:15; Isa 26:9; Pro 8:17; Pro 13:24). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes - If thou wouldest do it now. If even on the supposition that your sons have thus perished, and that God has come out in judgment against your family, you would look to God, you might be restored to favor. The word rendered "seek betimes" (שׁחר shâchar) means literally to seek in the morning, to seek early; and then, to make it the first business. It is derived from the word meaning aurora (שׁחר shachar) and has reference to the early light of the morning, and hence, to an early seeking. It may be applied to seeking him in early life, or as the first thing - looking to him immediately when help is needed, or before we apply to anyone else; compare Pro 7:15; Pro 8:17; Pro 13:24; Job 24:5; Psa 63:1; Psa 78:34; Isa 26:9; Hos 5:15; compare the advice of Eliphaz, Job 5:8. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
5 If thou seekest unto God,
And makest supplication to the Almighty,
6 If thou art pure and upright; Surely!
He will care for thee,
And restore the habitation of thy righteousness;
7 And if thy beginning was small,
Thy end shall be exceeding great.
There is still hope for Job (אתּה, in opposition to his children), if, turning humbly to God, he shows that, although not suffering undeservedly, he is nevertheless pure and upright in his inmost mind. Job 8:6 is so intended; not as Mercier and others explain: si in posterum puritati et justitiae studueris. אל־אל שׁחר, to turn one's self to God earnestly seeking, constr. praegnans, like אל־אל דּרשׁ, Job 5:8. Then begins the conclusion with כּי־עתּה, like Job 13:18. "The habitation of thy righteousness" is Job's household cleansed and justified from sin. God will restore that; שׁלּם might also signify, give peace to, but restore is far more appropriate. Completely falling back on שׁלם, the Piel signifies to recompense, off like being returned for like, and to restore, of a complete covering of the loss sustained. God will not only restore, but increase beyond measure, what Job was and had. The verb. masc. after אחרית here is remarkable. But we need not, with Olsh., read ישׂגּה: we may suppose, with Ewald, according to 174, e, that אהרית is purposely treated as masc. It would be a mistake to refer to Pro 23:32; Pro 29:21, in support of it. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Betimes - Heb. rise early to seek him, if thou wouldest seek him speedily, early and diligently. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| If thou wouldest seek unto God - Though God has so severely afflicted thee, and removed thy children by a terrible judgment; yet if thou wilt now humble thyself before him, and implore his mercy, thou shalt be saved. He cut them off in their sins, but he spares thee; and this is a proof that he waits to be gracious to thee. |
24 He that spareth [02820] his rod [07626] hateth [08130] his son [01121]: but he that loveth [0157] him chasteneth [04148] him betimes [07836].
17 I love [0157] them that love [0157] me; and those that seek me early [07836] shall find [04672] me.
9 With my soul [05315] have I desired [0183] thee in the night [03915]; yea, with my spirit [07307] within [07130] me will I seek thee early [07836]: for when thy judgments [04941] are in the earth [0776], the inhabitants [03427] of the world [08398] will learn [03925] righteousness [06664].
15 I will go [03212] and return [07725] to my place [04725], till they acknowledge their offence [0816], and seek [01245] my face [06440]: in their affliction [06862] they will seek me early [07836].
34 When he slew [02026] them, then they sought [01875] him: and they returned [07725] and enquired early [07836] after God [0410].
8 I would seek [0199] [01875] unto God [0410], and unto God [0430] would I commit [07760] my cause [01700]:
15 I will go [03212] and return [07725] to my place [04725], till they acknowledge their offence [0816], and seek [01245] my face [06440]: in their affliction [06862] they will seek me early [07836].
9 With my soul [05315] have I desired [0183] thee in the night [03915]; yea, with my spirit [07307] within [07130] me will I seek thee early [07836]: for when thy judgments [04941] are in the earth [0776], the inhabitants [03427] of the world [08398] will learn [03925] righteousness [06664].
34 When he slew [02026] them, then they sought [01875] him: and they returned [07725] and enquired early [07836] after God [0410].
1 A Psalm [04210] of David [01732], when he was in the wilderness [04057] of Judah [03063]. O God [0430], thou art my God [0410]; early will I seek [07836] thee: my soul [05315] thirsteth [06770] for thee, my flesh [01320] longeth [03642] for thee in a dry [06723] and thirsty [05889] land [0776], where no [01097] water [04325] is;
5 Behold, as wild asses [06501] in the desert [04057], go they forth [03318] to their work [06467]; rising betimes [07836] for a prey [02964]: the wilderness [06160] yieldeth food [03899] for them and for their children [05288].
24 He that spareth [02820] his rod [07626] hateth [08130] his son [01121]: but he that loveth [0157] him chasteneth [04148] him betimes [07836].
17 I love [0157] them that love [0157] me; and those that seek me early [07836] shall find [04672] me.
15 Therefore came I forth [03318] to meet [07125] thee, diligently to seek [07836] thy face [06440], and I have found [04672] thee.
21 He that delicately bringeth up [06445] his servant [05650] from a child [05290] shall have him become his son [04497] at the length [0319].
32 At the last [0319] it biteth [05391] like a serpent [05175], and stingeth [06567] like an adder [06848].
18 Behold now, I have ordered [06186] my cause [04941]; I know [03045] that I shall be justified [06663].
8 I would seek [0199] [01875] unto God [0410], and unto God [0430] would I commit [07760] my cause [01700]:
6 If thou wert pure [02134] and upright [03477]; surely now he would awake [05782] for thee, and make the habitation [05116] of thy righteousness [06664] prosperous [07999].