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Job 8:3
Job 8:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
- New International Version (NIV)Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
Context of Job 8:3
1And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, 2How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind? Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice? 4If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression. 5If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
Read all of Job 8Job 8:3 word by word
הַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 8:3
- Job 4:17Shall [mortal] man be more just than God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?
- Job 9:2Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?
- Job 10:3Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
- Job 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
- Job 34:5For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:
- Job 40:8Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked — far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?
- Deuteronomy 32:4[He is] the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he.
- 2 Chronicles 19:7And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents.
- Ezekiel 18:25And ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear then, house of Israel. Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
- Ezekiel 33:17Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
- Psalms 89:14Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
- Daniel 9:14And Jehovah hath watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he hath done; and we have not hearkened unto his voice.
- Romans 2:5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in [the] day of wrath and revelation of [the] righteous judgment of God,
- Romans 3:4Far be the thought: but let God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment.
- Job 21:15What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?
Commentaries on Job 8:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Doth God pervert judgment! - God afflicts thee; can he afflict thee for naught? As he is just, his judgment is just; and he could not inflict punishment unless there be a cause.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Doth God pervert judgment? - That is, Does God afflict people unjustly? Does he show favor to the evil, and punish the good? Bildad here undoubtedly refers to Job, and supposes that he had brought this charge against God. But he had not done it in so many words. He had complained of the severity of his sufferings, and had indulged in irreverent language toward God. But he had not advanced the charge openly that God had perverted right. Bildad strenuously…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Bildad believed God does not pervert justice. He thought the death of Job’s children showed they had sinned against God. Bildad divided people into "the blameless" (Hebrew tam, 8:20a; see 1:1) or "the godless" (Hebrew khanep, 8:13b). He believed one could distinguish them by observing God's actions toward them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. The repetition of "pervert" gives an emphasis galling to Job (Job 34:12). "Wouldst thou have God," as thy words imply, "pervert judgment," by letting thy sins go unpunished? He assumes Job's guilt from his sufferings.Read the comment
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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
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