1. Job 5:8 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 5:8 (Summary)

Job 5:8 (ESV)

8 “As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,

Here Eliphaz begins to advise Job. Instead of justifying himself and questioning God, Job should humbly ask for God’s help. The word I is repeated here, emphasizing Eliphaz’s own notion of superiority.

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