Job 8:3

Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; 1 Or will he that has made all things pervert justice? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

In Context

2How long wilt thou speak these things, 1 How long shall the breath of thy mouth be abundant in words? 1

4If thy sons have sinned before him, 1 He has cast them away because of their transgression. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4As for God, his works are true, 1 And all his ways are judgment: 1 God is faithful, and there is no unrighteousness in him; 1 Just and holy is the Lord. 1

Job 4:17What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? 1 Or a man be blameless in regard to his works? 1

Job 10:3Is it good before thee if I be unrighteous? 1 For thou hast disowned the work of thy hands, 1 And attended to the counsel of the ungodly. 1

Job 19:7Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: 1 Or I will cry out, but there is nowhere judgment. 1

Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction, 1 And let him not be saved by the Lord. 1

Job 34:10Wherefore hear me, ye that are wise in heart: 1 Far be it from me to sin before the Lord, 1 And to pervert righteousness before the Almighty. 1

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 →

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