KJV ORIGINAL
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
If your children have sinned against God, and he has allowed them to face the consequences of their wrongdoing,
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Bildad is suggesting that Job's children died because they sinned and God punished them for it.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from Bildad's first speech to Job, where he's trying to explain Job's suffering using the conventional wisdom of his time. Ancient Near Eastern culture strongly believed in retribution theology - the idea that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people. Bildad is essentially telling Job that his children must have done something wrong to deserve their tragic deaths.
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