I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Parallel translations
- WEB “But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
- BSB However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
- NKJV “But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause—
- NASB ¶“But as for me, I would seek God, And I would make my plea before God,
- NLT “If I were you, I would go to God and present my case to him.
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Quick answer
Eliphaz says that in Job's place he would seek God and commit his cause to him. He urges Job to bring his case before the Almighty rather than complain.
Overview
Turning to counsel, Eliphaz advises seeking God and entrusting one's situation to him. The advice itself is godly, echoing the call to cast our cares upon the Lord. The irony is that Job does want to bring his cause to God, but longs for a fair hearing more than a formula; the gospel assures that through Christ we may indeed approach God and commit our cause to a Father who hears.
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Cross-references · 12
- Ps 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Ps 37:5Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
- Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
- 2 Chr 33:12–13And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
- 1 Pet 4:19Wherefore 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.
- Job 22:27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
- 2 Tim 1:12For 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.
- 1 Pet 2:23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
- Gen 32:7–12Then 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;
- Job 8:5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
- Ps 77:1–2I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
- Jonah 2:1–7Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,
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