Job 8:4
Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
In Context
3Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?
5Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:
Cross References
Genesis 19:13For we will destroy this place, because their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them.
Job 1:18He was yet speaking, and behold another came in, and said: Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their elder brother:
Job 18:16Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
Matthew Henry on Job 8:2-8
The Address of Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the… Read the whole commentary →