Job 5:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

Young's Literal Translation
Yet I—I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,

King James Bible
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Hebrew
However,
אוּלָ֗ם (’ū·lām)
Conjunction
Strong's 199: However, on the contrary

if I were you,
אֲ֭נִי (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

I would appeal
אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ (’eḏ·rōš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

God
אֵ֑ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

and lay
אָשִׂ֥ים (’ā·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

my cause
דִּבְרָתִֽי׃ (diḇ·rā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1700: A cause, reason, manner

before
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Him
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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