Job 8:4
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 8 connects to 9 cross-references. Bildad the Shuhite delivers his first speech, arguing sharply that God does not pervert justice. He suggests Job's children died because of their own sin and urges Job to seek God, promising restoration if Job is pure. Bildad appeals to …
Other Translations
If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,
If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.
Cross References
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; …
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew …
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and …
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking …
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it …
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.