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Job 8:4

NETBible	If¹ your children sinned against him, he gave them over² to the penalty³ of their sin.
NIV © biblegateway Job 8:4	When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
NASB © biblegateway Job 8:4	"If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.
NLT © biblegateway Job 8:4	Your children obviously sinned against him, so their punishment was well deserved.
MSG © biblegateway Job 8:4	It's plain that your children sinned against him--otherwise, why would God have punished them?
BBE © SABDAweb Job 8:4	If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 8:4	If your children sinned against him, he delivered them into the power of their transgression.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 8:4	If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.
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KJV	If thy children <01121> have sinned <02398> (8804) against him, and he have cast them away <07971> (8762) for <03027> their transgression <06588>_; {for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression}
NASB © biblegateway Job 8:4	"If <0518> your sons <01121> sinned <02398> against Him, Then He delivered <07971> them into the power <03027> of their transgression <06588> .
LXXM	ei <1487> CONJ oi <3588> T-NPM uioi <5207> N-NPM sou <4771> P-GS hmarton <264> V-AAI-3P enantion <1726> PREP autou <846> D-GSM apesteilen <649> V-AAI-3S en <1722> PREP ceiri <5495> N-DSF anomiav <458> N-GSF autwn <846> D-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	If <0518> your children <01121> sinned <02398> against him, he gave <07971> them over to the penalty <03027> of their sin <06588> .
HEBREW	Mesp <06588> dyb <03027> Mxlsyw <07971> wl <0> wajx <02398> Kynb <01121> Ma (8:4) <0518>

NETBible

If¹ your children sinned against him, he gave them over² to the penalty³ of their sin.

NET Notes

¹tn The AV and RV take the protasis down to the middle of v. 6. The LXX changes the “if” at the beginning of v. 5 to “then” and makes that verse the apodosis. If the apodosis comes in the second half of v. 4, then v. 4 would be a complete sentence (H. H. Rowley, Job [NCBC], 71; A. B. Davidson, Job, 60). The particle אִם (’im) has the sense of “since” in this section.

²tn The verb is a Piel preterite with a vav (ו) consecutive. The ו (vav) need not be translated if the second half of the verse is the apodosis of the first – since they sinned…he did this. The verb שִׁלֵּחַ (shilleakh) means “to expel; to thrust out” normally; here the sense of “deliver up” or “deliver over” fits the sentence well. The verse is saying that sin carries its own punishment, and so God merely delivered the young people over to it.

³tn Heb “into the hand of their rebellion.” The word “hand” often signifies “power.” The rebellious acts have the power to destroy, and so that is what happened – according to Bildad. Bildad’s point is that Job should learn from what happened to his family.