Job 8:20

Job 8:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
• New International Version (NIV)“Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, Nor will He uphold the evildoers.

Context of Job 8:20

18If he is snatched from his place [in the garden], Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’ 19Behold, this is the joy of His way; And from out of the dust others will spring up and grow [to take his place]. Behold, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He strengthen or support evildoers. 21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with joyful shouting [if you are found blameless]. 22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”

Job 8:20 word by word

הֶן־אֵ֭ל לֹ֣א יִמְאַס־תָּ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חֲזִ֗יק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• will not cast awayמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• a perfectתָּםtâm · completeH8535
• neither will he helpיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• neither will he helpחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• the evil doersרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489

Cross-references for Job 8:20

• Job 4:7“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished? Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?
• Job 9:22It is all one; therefore I say, ‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’
• Psalms 37:24When he falls, he will not be hurled down, Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand and sustains him.
• Psalms 94:14For the Lord will not abandon His people, Nor will He abandon His inheritance.
• Isaiah 45:1This is what the Lord says to His anointed, to Cyrus [king of Persia], Whose right hand I have held To subdue nations before him, And I will ungird the loins of kings [disarming them]; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

Commentaries on Job 8:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man - This is another of the maxims of the ancients, which Bildad produces: "As sure as he will punish and root out the wicked, so surely will he defend and save the righteous."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man - On the meaning of the word perfect, see the note at Job 1:1. The sentiment of Bildad, or the inference which he draws from the whole argument is, that God will be the friend of the pious, but that he will not aid the wicked. This accords with the general sentiment maintained in the argument of the friends of Job. Neither will he help the evil doers - Margin, “Take the ungodly by the hand.” This is in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-22Verses 20-22 Bildad here assures Job, that as he was so he should fare; therefore they concluded, that as he fared so he was. God will not cast away an upright man; he may be cast down for a time, but he shall not be cast away for ever. Sin brings ruin on persons and families. Yet to argue, that Job was an ungodly, wicked man, was unjust and uncharitable. The mistake in these reasonings arose from Job's friends not distinguishing between the present state…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. Bildad regards Job as a righteous man, who has fallen into sin. God will not cast away a perfect man--(or godly man, such as Job was), if he will only repent. Those alone who persevere in sin God will not help (Hebrew, "take by the hand," Psa 73:23; Is 41:13; 42:6) when fallen.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 8:20

• Righteous
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Evil-Doers
• Endure
• Former
• Hope
• Hypocrite
• Yesterday
• Bildad
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings