Job 5:8
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I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
In other translations
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
Hebrew words
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