Job 8:3
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 “How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
5 But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- KJV
- Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
- WEB
- Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
- ASV
- Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?
- DARBY
- Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
- BLB
- Does God pervert judgment? Or [does] Shaddai pervert justice?
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- OTB
- Forvrenger Gud rettferdighet?
Eller vrir Den Allmektige det som er rett? - B1930
- Skulde vel Gud forvende retten, eller den Allmektige forvende rettferdigheten?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 19:7
And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
Read in contextGenesis 18:25
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
Read in contextEzekiel 33:20
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
Read in contextJob 34:10–12
Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
Read in contextRomans 3:4–6
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
Read in contextDaniel 9:14
Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
Read in contextRevelation 16:7
And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
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