Job 8:4

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

Cross-references

Job 1:18 Historical context

In Job 1:18, the death of Job's children is reported, the very event Bildad later interprets as punishment for sin.

Job 1:19 Historical context

Job 1:19 records the event Bildad interprets as divine punishment for sin — the collapse killing Job's children.

Job 13:4 Contrast

In Job 13:4, Job calls his friends 'forgers of lies' — directly rejecting Bildad's accusation here.

Job 1:5 Contrast

In Job 1:5, Job offers sacrifices for possible sin by his children, whereas Bildad later assumes they sinned and were punished.

Job 5:4 Parallel

In Job 5:4, Eliphaz says the fool's children are crushed — Bildad applies the same logic to Job's loss.

Job 18:16–19 Related theme

Job 18:16-19 expands on the wicked having no offspring — consistent with Bildad's claim here about Job's children.

Job 18:19 Parallel

Job 18:19 from Bildad says the wicked have no posterity — reaffirming the principle that sin destroys offspring.