Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"If your children sin against him, he'll make them a prisoner of their sins.
New American Standard Bible
Then He delivered them into the
King James Version
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
Holman Bible
He gave them over to their rebellion.
A Conservative Version
If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
American Standard Version
If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
Amplified
“If your children have sinned against Him,
Then He has handed them over to the power of their transgression and punished them.
Bible in Basic English
If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.
Darby Translation
If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.
Julia Smith Translation
If thy sons sinned to him, and he will send them away by the hand of their transgression;
King James 2000
If your children have sinned against him, and he has cast them away for their transgression;
Lexham Expanded Bible
If your children sinned against him, then he sent them into the {power} of their transgression.
Modern King James verseion
If your sons have sinned against Him, and if He has cast them away for their transgression,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When thy sons sinned against him, did not he punish them for their wickedness?
NET Bible
If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
New Heart English Bible
If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
The Emphasized Bible
Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
Webster
If thy children have sinned against him, and he hath cast them away for their transgression;
World English Bible
If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
Youngs Literal Translation
If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 8:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's First Response To Job
3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what's right? 4 "If your children sin against him, he'll make them a prisoner of their sins. 5 If you seek God, if you ask the Almighty for mercy,
Phrases
Cross References
Job 1:5
When their time of feasting had concluded, Job would rise early in the morning to send for them and consecrate them to God. He would offer a burnt offering for each one, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children sinned by cursing God in their hearts." Job did this time and again.
Job 1:18-19
While this messenger was still speaking, another came and announced, "Your children were celebrating in their oldest brother's house
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were particularly evil and sinful in their defiance of the LORD.
Genesis 19:13-25
because we're going to destroy it. Their outcry has come to the attention of the LORD, so he sent us here to destroy it!"
Job 5:4
His children are far from deliverance; they'll be maltreated before they leave home, with no one to rescue them.
Job 18:16-19
His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.