Job 5:8 | TNotes | STEP | 5:8 To go to God meant lodging a formal appeal with God for assistance, counsel, or vindication, sometimes by way of repentance (Amos 5:4 , 6 ) and possibly through a prophetic oracle (Gen 25:22 ; 1 Sam 9:9 ; 1 Kgs 22:8 ). • Job wanted to present his case to God (Job 13:3 , 15 , 18 ; 23:3-8 ), and later he attempted to do so (29:1

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bAmos 5:4►

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dGen 25:22►

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f1 Kgs 22:8►

gJob 13:3►

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j23:3-8►

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‏ Job 5:8

5:8 ^a To go to God meant lodging a formal appeal with God for assistance, counsel, or vindication, sometimes by way of repentance (Amos 5:4 ^b, 6 ^c) and possibly through a prophetic oracle (Gen 25:22 ^d; 1 Sam 9:9 ^e; 1 Kgs 22:8 ^f).

• Job wanted to present his case to God (Job 13:3 ^g, 15 ^h, 18 ⁱ; 23:3-8 ^j), and later he attempted to do so (29:1–31:40 ^k).