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.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.

Context

v.3Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

v.4This passage

v.5If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

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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