Job 8:4

New English Translation

If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.)

Job 1:5

When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.

Psalm 81:12

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

Ezekiel 18:4

Indeed! All lives are mine – the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.