Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Job 8:3 - Revised Standard Version Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right? Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness? American Standard Version (1901) Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness? Common English Bible Does God pervert justice, or does the Almighty distort what is right? Catholic Public Domain Version Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Doth God pervert judgment: or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just? |
Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God, or partiality, or taking bribes.”
Does it seem good to thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
know then that God has put me in the wrong, and closed his net about me.
Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call aloud, but there is no justice.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’
Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, ‘Thou hast done wrong’?
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
‘Can mortal man be righteous before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee.
Mighty King, lover of justice, thou hast established equity; thou hast executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
“Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just’; when it is their own way that is not just.
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”
Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us; for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works which he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
“The Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful are thy deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are thy ways, O King of the ages!
And I heard the altar cry, “Yea, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are thy judgments!”