Job 8:4
If thy sons have sinned before him, 1 He has cast them away because of their transgression. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
In Context
3Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; 1 Or will he that has made all things pervert justice? 1
5But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty. 1
Cross References
Genesis 19:13For we are going to destroy this place; for their cry has been raised up before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.
Job 1:18While he is yet speaking, another messenger comes, saying to Job, 1 While thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking with their elder brother, 1
Job 18:16His roots shall be dried up from beneath, 1 And his crop shall fall away from above. 1
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 →