Job 8:4
If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 pervert justice?
5If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Cross References
Genesis 19:13for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.'
Job 1:18While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said: 'Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house;
Job 18:16His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.
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 →