Job 8:5

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If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;	If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;	If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

If thou wouldest seek^H7836 unto God^H410 betimes^H7836, and make thy supplication^H2603 to the Almighty^H7706;

Original Hebrew

אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶלשַׁ־דַּי תִּתְחַנָּן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
אַ֭תָּה	'A.tah	H859	HPp2ms	you
תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר	te.sha.Cher	H7836	HVpi2ms	you will seek
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	(to)
אֵ֑ל	'El	H410	HNcmsa	God
וְ/אֶל	ve./'e.lo.Sha-	H413	HC/R	and/ to
שַׁ֝דַּ֗י	Sha.Dai	H7706	HNp	(the) Almighty
תִּתְחַנָּֽן	tit.cha.Nan	H2603	HVti2ms	you will seek favor

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H410 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): shortened from אַיִל; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity); God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'
H2603 — חָנַן (chânan, khaw-nan'): a primitive root (compare חָנָה); properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition); beseech, [idiom] fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, [idiom] very.
H7706 — שַׁדַּי (Shadday, shad-dah'-ee): from שָׁדַד; the Almighty; Almighty.
H7836 — שָׁחַר (shâchar, shaw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking); (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

thou wouldest — 2 Chronicles 33:12-13, Job 5:8, Job 11:13, Job 22:21-23, Job 22:24-30, Isaiah 55:6-7, Matthew 7:7-8, Hebrews 3:7-8, James 4:7-10

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