He does not keep the wicked alive, but he gives justice to the oppressed.
Job 4:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed? Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Think [earnestly], I beg of you: who, being innocent, ever perished? Or where were those upright and in right standing with God cut off? American Standard Version (1901) Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? Common English Bible Think! What innocent person has ever perished? When have those who do the right thing been destroyed? Catholic Public Domain Version Consider this, I beg you: who ever perished being innocent? Or when have the righteous been destroyed? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? Or when were the just destroyed? |
He does not keep the wicked alive, but he gives justice to the oppressed.
He does not withdraw his gaze from the righteous, but he seats them for ever with enthroned kings, and they are exalted.
Look, God does not reject a person of integrity, and he will not support evildoers.
In my futile life I have seen everything: someone righteous perishes in spite of his righteousness, and someone wicked lives long in spite of his evil.
When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ‘This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.’
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgement,