Job 8:3

In 11 translations

BSB

Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

KJV

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

WEB

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

ASV

Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

LSV

Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One pervert justice?

YLT

Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?

DBY

Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?El

DRC

Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?

GNV

Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?

JPS

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

LXXE

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

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Original-language editions

WLC

הַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ ὁ Κύριος ἀδικήσει κρίνων; ἢ ὁ τὰ πάντα ποιήσας ταράξει τὸ δίκαιον;

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• Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
• Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
• 2 Chronicles 19:7And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
• Job 34:10–12Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly. For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.…
• Ezekiel 33:20Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
• Daniel 9:14Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
• Romans 3:4–6Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.” But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God,…
• Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
• Job 35:13Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
• Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
• Job 34:17–19Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One, who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’ who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor?…
• Job 34:5For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
• Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
• Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
• Revelation 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
• Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

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