Job 8:4

Translations

Modern

When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

Traditional

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

Literal

If your sons have sinned against Him, then He has sent them into the hand of their transgression.

Latin

Etiam si filii tui peccaverunt ei, et dimisit eos in manu iniquitatis suæ:

Original

Hebrew

English

When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

Notes

Job 8:3–4

Bildad believed God does not pervert justice. He thought the death of Job’s children showed they had sinned against God. Bildad divided people into "the blameless" (Hebrew tam, 8:20a; see 1:1) or "the godless" (Hebrew khanep, 8:13b). He believed one could distinguish them by observing God's actions toward them.

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Job 1:5
And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
Job 1:18–19
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
Job 5:4
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
Job 18:16–19
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
Genesis 19:13–25
…because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Glossary

Bildad Book of Job

Topics

Righteous: Promises To, Expressed or Implied

Job 8:4

Translations?

Original?

Notes?

Events?

Related verses?

Glossary?

Topics?