Job 8:5
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- 11 “But” is supplied to show the contrast between this verse and the preceding line.
- 12 The verb שִׁחַר (shikhar) means “to seek; to seek earnestly” (see 7:21). With the preposition אֶל (’el) the verb may carry the nuance of “to address; to have recourse to” (see E. Dhorme, Job, 114). The connected it etymologically to “early” and read, “Be early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.”
- 13 The verb תִּתְחַנָּן (titkhannan) means “to make supplication; to seek favor; to seek grace” (from חָנַן, khanan). Bildad is saying that there is only one way for Job to escape the same fate as his children—he must implore God’s mercy. Job’s speech had spoken about God’s seeking him and not finding him; but Bildad is speaking of the importance of Job’s seeking God.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
If you will seek God
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
But if you will seek God earnestly
and plead with the Almighty,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
But if you earnestly seek God
and ask the Almighty for mercy,
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NLTNew Living Translation
But if you pray to God
and seek the favor of the Almighty,
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
If you yourself would seek God,
then you would plead to Shaddai for grace.
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KJV 1900King James Version
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes,
And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
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