Catholic Public Domain Version
"even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty. "
— Job 8:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;”
“If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty; ”
“If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.”
“But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,”
“Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:”
“If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all;”
“If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;”
How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,