Job 34:12

Truly, Almighty God never does what is wicked; he always [LIT] does what is fair/just.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

In Context

11He ◄pays back/punishes► people for what they have done; he gives them what they deserve for the way that they have conducted their lives.

13The authority that he has to rule everything on the earth, no one [RHQ] gave it to him; no one [RHQ] put him in control of the whole world. He has always had that authority.

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Cross References

Job 8:3Almighty God certainly never does [RHQ] what is unfair/unjust. He always does [LIT] what is right/fair.

Psalms 11:7Yahweh is righteous and he loves those who act righteously; righteous people are able to come into his presence.

Habakkuk 1:12Then I said, “Yahweh, you have certainly [RHQ] always/forever been God. You are my Holy One; you will not die. So why have you appointed those men from Babylonia to judge and get rid of us? You are like [MET] a huge rock under which we are protected/safe, so why have you sent them to punish us?

Matthew Henry on Job 34:11-16

10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;… Read the whole commentary →

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