Job 8:4 · KJV
“If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; {for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression}”
— Job 8:4
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Job 8 — Context
How long wilt thou speak these {things}? and {how long shall} the words of thy mouth {be like} a strong wind?
3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; {for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression}
5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6If thou {wert} pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Cross References
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 cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. {continually: Heb. all the days}
Job 1:18-19
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:
Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither {is there} any to deliver {them}.
Job 18:16-19
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Genesis 19:13-25
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom {were} wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.