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Job 4:7

Justice

5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

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BSB
Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
KJV
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
WEB
“Remember, now, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
ASV
Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
DARBY
Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?
BLB
Remember please: Who [is] he [who has] perished being innocent? And where have the upright been cut off?
ÅB
Tenk etter: Hvem omkom uskyldig, og hvor gikk rettskafne til grunne?
OTB
"Tenk nå etter, hvem har noen gang gått til grunne uskyldig?
Eller hvor har de rettskafne blitt ødelagt?
B1930
Tenk efter: Hvem omkom uskyldig, og hvor gikk rettskafne til grunne?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 37:25

    I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

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  • Job 36:7

    He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

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  • 2 Peter 2:9

    The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

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  • Acts 28:4

    And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

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  • Job 8:20

    Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

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  • Job 9:22–23

    This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:15

    All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:1–2

    For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

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