Job 8:5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁵But if you earnestly seek^(A) God
and ask the Almighty for mercy,^(B)

Job 8:5

New International Version

⁵But if you will seek God earnestly
and plead^(A) with the Almighty,^(B)

¹⁵If I am wicked, woe to me!
And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.
I am filled with shame
and aware of my affliction.^(A)

¹⁵If I am guilty^(A)—woe to me!^(B)
Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,^(C)
for I am full of shame
and drowned in^[a] my affliction.^(D)

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

New International Version (NIV)