Job 8:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 8:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 8:4 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; for...: Heb. in the hand of..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
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 (KJV)
Job 8:4 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 8:4
“And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: a fit...: Heb. a man of opportunity”
Shares key themes with Job 8:4: children, away, transgression
“If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; in fellowship: or, in dealing fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand”
Shares key themes with Job 8:4: against, away, heb
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. rebels: Heb. children of rebellion”
Shares key themes with Job 8:4: children, against, away
“And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. now: Heb. then”
Shares key themes with Job 8:4: children, against, heb
“Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. Mesopotamia: Heb. Aramnaharaim”
Shares key themes with Job 8:4: children, against, heb
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