Job 8:3
Should God pervert justice? or should the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
In Context
2How long wilt thou speak these things? and [let] like a mighty wind be the words of thy mouth?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are just: the God of truth and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
Job 4:17Can a mortal be more righteous than God? or can a man be more pure than his Maker?
Job 10:3Is it well for thee that thou shouldst oppress, that thou shouldst reject the labor of thy hands, and shed light upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 19:7Behold, I cry out concerning the violence [done me], but I am not answered: I entreat aloud, but there is no justice.
Job 21:20His own eyes ought to see his downfall, and from the wrath of the Almighty ought he to drink.
Job 34:10Therefore ye men of sense hearken unto me: far is it from God to practise wickedness; and from the Almighty to do wrong!
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 →