Job 8:3
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
In Context
4If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice, a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Job 4:17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Job 10:3Is it good to thee that thou should oppress, that thou should despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
Job 21:20Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 34:10Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding. Far be it from me to sin before LORD, and pervert righteousness before the Almighty.
Matthew Henry on Job 8:2-8
The Address of Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the… Read the whole commentary →