Job 8:3

Doth El pervert mishpat (justice)? 1 Or doth Shaddai pervert tzedek? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a raging ruach (wind)? 1

4If thy banim have sinned against Him, 1 and He have cast them away for their peysha (transgression); 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Tzur, His po'al is tamim; 1 for all His ways are mishpat; 1 El Emunah and without avel (iniquity), 1 tzaddik and yashar is He. 1

Job 4:17Shall enosh (mortal man) be seen as righteous by Eloah? 1 Shall a man be tahor before his Maker? + 4:17 See Gn 15:6 1

Job 10:3Is it hatov (pleasing) unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, 1 that Thou shouldest reject the work of Thine hands, 1 and shine [favor] upon the etzah (scheme) of the resha'im? 1

Job 19:7Behold, when I cry chamas, I am not heard; 1 I cry for help, but there is no mishpat. 1

Job 21:20His eyes shall see his destruction, 1 and he shall drink of the wrath of Shaddai. 1

Job 34:10Therefore pay heed unto me ye anashei levav (men of understanding); 1 far be it from El, that He should do evil, 1 and from Shaddai, that He should do wrong. 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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