New King James Version
Job 8:3
3Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
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 Living Translation (NLT)Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right?
Context of Job 8:3
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: 2“How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice? 4If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression. 5If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,
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‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
- Job 9:2“Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?
- Job 10:3Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
- Job 19:7“If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
- Job 34:5“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, But God has taken away my justice;
- Job 40:8“Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
- Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.
- 2 Chronicles 19:7Now therefore, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care and do it, for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, no partiality, nor taking of bribes.”
- Ezekiel 18:25“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair?
- Ezekiel 33:17“Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair!
- Psalms 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.
- Daniel 9:14Therefore the Lord has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice.
- Romans 2:5But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
- Romans 3:4Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: “That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged.”
- Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to 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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