Job 8:20

18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’

19 Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.

Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.

21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

22 Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
KJV
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
WEB
“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
ASV
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
DARBY
Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.
BLB
Behold, God will not reject the blameless, and He will not strengthen the hand of those doing evil.
ÅB
Nei, Gud forkaster ikke en som er ulastelig, og han holder ikke ugudelige ved hånden.
OTB
Se, Gud vil ikke forkaste en person med integritet,
og Han vil heller ikke støtte onde mennesker.
B1930
Nei, Gud forkaster ikke en som er ulastelig, og han holder ikke ugudelige ved hånden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 4:7

    Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?

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  • Psalms 37:37

    Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

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  • Psalms 37:24

    Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

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  • Isaiah 45:1

    This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

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  • Psalms 94:14

    For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.

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  • Job 21:30

    Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

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  • Job 9:22

    It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

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