(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely against the Lord.)
Job 8:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Since your children sinned against him, he gave them over to their rebellion. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thy children have sinned against him, And he have cast them away for their transgression; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If your children have sinned against Him, then He has delivered them into the power of their transgression. American Standard Version (1901) If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression; Common English Bible If your children sinned against him, then he delivered them into the power of their rebellion. Catholic Public Domain Version And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity: |
(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely against the Lord.)
Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, ‘Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts.’ This was Job’s regular practice.
His children are far from safety. They are crushed at the city gate, with no one to rescue them.
Look, every life belongs to me. The life of the father is like the life of the son #– #both belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die.