Job 5:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אָשִׂ֥ים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾûlām ʾănî ʾedrōš to-ʾēl wə-to-ʾĕlōhîm ʾāśîm dibrātî

Grammar Details

• *ʾûlām*: adverb - but/nevertheless
• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *ʾedrōš*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will seek
• *ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God/deity
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God/gods
• *ʾāśîm*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will put/place
• *dibrātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my cause/matter

Word Meanings

• *ʾûlām*: but/nevertheless/however
• *ʾedrōš*: seek/inquire of/consult
• *ʾēl*: God/deity/the Mighty One
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
• *dibrātî*: my cause/matter/speech/words

Referenced Verses

• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call{H8798)} upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver{H8762)} thee, and thou shalt glorify{H8762)} me.
• Ps 37:5 : 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust{H8798)} also in him; and he shall bring it to pass{H8799)}.
• 1 Pet 4:19 : 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.
• 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
• Ps 77:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried{H8799)} unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear{H8689)} unto me. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought{H8804)} the Lord: my sore ran{H8738)} in the night, and ceased{H8799)} not: my soul refused{H8765)} to be comforted{H8736)}.
• Gen 32:7-9 : 7 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; 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
• 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
• Job 8:5 : 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
• Job 22:21 : 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
• Job 22:27 : 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
• Jonah 2:1-7 : 1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 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.