Job 8:4
Yea, though thy sons sinned against him, and he left them in the hand of their wickedness;
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
In Context
5nevertheless, if thou risest early to God, and beseechest Almighty God,
Cross References
Genesis 19:13for we shall do away this place, for the cry of them increased before the Lord, which sent us that we (should) lose them. (for we shall do away this place, for the outcry against them hath increased before the Lord, who sent us to destroy them.)
Job 1:18And yet while he spake, lo! another entered, and said, While thy sons and daughters ate, and drank wine in the house of their first begotten brother, (And while he still spoke, behold! another entered, and said, While thy sons and daughters ate, and drank wine in the house of their first-born brother,)
Job 18:16The roots of him be made dry beneath; and be his ripe corn all-broken above. (His roots shall be made dry beneath; and all his branches shall wither 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 →