"If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;" — Job 8:5

Job 8:5 · KJV

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

— Job 8:5

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; {for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression}

If thou {wert} pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Job 8 — Context

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; {for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression}

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

If thou {wert} pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

Cross References

James 4:7-10

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Matthew 7:7-8

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Job 11:13

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Hebrews 3:7-8

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

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,

Job 5:8

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Job 22:21-30

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. {him: that is, God}