Job 8:3

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

Revised Version 1895

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 how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?

4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have delivered them into the hand of their transgression:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are judgment: 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 unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine 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 judgment.

Job 21:20Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Job 34:10Therefore 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.

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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