What does Job 5:8 mean?

Job 5:8 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 5:8 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

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Source: Job 5:8