Job 5:8 · KJV
“I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:”
— Job 5:8
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}
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: {unsearchable: Heb. there is no search} {without...: Heb. till there be no number}
Job 5 — Context
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; {affliction: or, iniquity}
7Yet 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}
8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: {unsearchable: Heb. there is no search} {without...: Heb. till there be no number}
10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: {fields: Heb. outplaces}
Cross References
Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Job 22:21
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. {him: that is, God}
Psalms 37:5
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring {it} to pass. {Commit...: Heb. Roll thy way upon}
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
1 Peter 4:19
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls {to him} in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
Job 22:27
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
2 Timothy 1:12
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. {believed: or, trusted}
Genesis 32:7-12
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that {was} with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;