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Job 5:8 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: "
Job 5:8
Verse in Context
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Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
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Job 5:1
"Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?"
Job 5:2
"For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one."
Job 5:3
"I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation."
Job 5:4
"His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver"
Job 5:5
"Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance."
Job 5:6
"Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;"
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