Job 8:4
What does Job 8:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 8:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
KJV
King James Version · 1611If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:13
for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah; and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.
- Job 1:18
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house;
- Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.
- Job 1:5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
- Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
- Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
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