Job 8:4
If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
In Context
3Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
5Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
Cross References
Genesis 19:13For we will destroy this place, because the crye of them is great before the Lord, and the Lord hath sent vs to destroy it.
Job 1:18And whiles he was yet speaking, came an other, and sayd, Thy sonnes, and thy daughters were eating, and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,
Job 18:16His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe.
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 →