Job 8:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־אַ֭תָּה תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃

Transliteration

If ʾattāh tĕšaḥēr ʾel-ʾEl wĕ-ʾel-Šadday titḥannān

Grammar Details

• *ʾim*: conditional particle - if
• *ʾattāh*: personal pronoun 2nd masculine singular - you
• *tĕšaḥēr*: piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you seek early/earnestly
• *ʾel-ʾEl*: preposition + noun masculine singular - to God
• *wĕ-ʾel*: conjunction + preposition - and to
• *Šadday*: divine name - Almighty
• *titḥannān*: hithpael imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you implore favor/entreat

Word Meanings

• *tĕšaḥēr*: seek early/seek earnestly/seek diligently
• *ʾEl*: God/deity
• *Šadday*: Almighty/All-sufficient One [divine name]
• *titḥannān*: implore favor/make supplication/entreat

Referenced Verses

• Job 11:13 : 13 If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;
• Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
• Heb 3:7-8 : 7 Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
• Jas 4:7-9 : 7 Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt {G5312} you.
• Job 22:21-30 : 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents. 24 And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, And [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks; 25 And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee. 26 For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways. 29 When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; And the humble person he will save. 30 He will deliver [even] him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near: 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 And he prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God.
• Job 5:8 : 8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;