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Job 8:3
3Surely you know that God is fair. The Almighty God never changes right things into wrong things.
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
1Job's friend Bildad, who came from Shuah, decided to speak. He said this to Job: 2‘You should not continue to talk like this. Your words are like a wind that blows strongly. Surely you know that God is fair. The Almighty God never changes right things into wrong things. 4Your children did things that were wrong. That is why God punished them. 5But you should pray to Almighty God. You should ask him to help you.
Read all of Job 8Job 8:3 word by word
הַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 8:3
- Job 4:17“No human is righteous when he stands in front of God. He cannot be pure in front of his Maker.
- Job 9:2‘The things that you have said are true. But nobody can show God that he is completely good.
- Job 10:3Your own hands created me. So you should not be cruel to me. It is not right. Instead, you are kind to wicked people. You help them to do the bad things that they want to do.
- Job 19:7If I shout, “Help me, I am in trouble!” nobody answers me. I shout to get help, but nobody comes to give me justice.
- Job 34:5Job has said, “I am not guilty. But God refuses to judge me in a fair way.
- Job 40:8Do you say that I am not a fair judge? Do you want to show that I am guilty, not you? Then you could say that you are right.
- Genesis 18:25Will you kill them all, the good people and the bad people? Surely you would not do anything like that! You would not punish good people in the same way as bad people. You are the great judge of everyone on the earth. You will surely do what is right!’
- Deuteronomy 32:4He is the strong Rock where we can be safe. Everything that he does is perfect. He only does what is right and fair. We can trust him to be faithful.
- 2 Chronicles 19:7Respect the Lord's authority. Be careful to do your job well. The Lord our God is always fair. So be fair to everyone, whoever they are. Do not cheat people. Do not accept bribes.’
- Ezekiel 18:25But you say, “The Lord is not doing what is right!” So listen to me, Israel's people. It is you who are not doing what is right! It is not me!
- Ezekiel 33:17Your people, the Israelites, are saying: “The Lord is not fair in the things that he does!” But it is the people themselves who live in a way that is not fair.
- Psalms 89:14As King, you rule with justice, and you always do what is right. You show your faithful love and you are faithful.
- Daniel 9:14So you were ready to punish us with this trouble. You are always right in everything that you do. You are right to punish us because we have not obeyed you.
- Romans 2:5But you refuse to change the way that you live. You are not sorry about the wrong things that you have done. As a result, you cause God to become even angrier with you. So he will punish you even more on the day when he will judge everyone. On that day, he will show how angry he is against people who do bad things. Everyone will know that he judges people in a right way.
- Romans 3:4No, certainly it does not mean that! God will always do what he says. He will always say what is true, even if everyone in the world should tell lies. This is what is written in the Bible: ‘Your message is true. It shows that you are right. People may say that you are wrong. But it will always be clear that you are right.’
- Job 21:15We do not need to serve the Almighty God. If we pray to him, there is nothing he can do to help us.”
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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