Tree of Life Version
Job 8:20
20Surely God does not spurn the blameless or strengthen the hand of evildoers.
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 uprooted from his place, it denies him saying, ‘I never saw you.’ 19Such is his joyous course, and from the earth others spring up. Surely God does not spurn the blameless or strengthen the hand of evildoers. 21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. 22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more!”
Read all of Job 8Job 8:20 word by word
הֶן־אֵ֭ל לֹ֣א יִמְאַס־תָּ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חֲזִ֗יק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 8:20
- Job 4:7Reflect now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were the upright destroyed?
- Job 9:22It is all the same, therefore I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
- Psalms 37:24Though he stumble, he will not fall headlong, for Adonai is holding his hand.
- Psalms 94:14For Adonai will not forsake His people. He will never abandon His inheritance.
- Isaiah 45:1Thus says Adonai to His anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him, to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him so that gates may 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
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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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