“Far be it from You to act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should be as the wrong. Far be it from You! Does the Judge of all the earth not do right?”
Job 8:20 - The Scriptures 2009 See, Ěl does not cast away the perfect, neither hold the hand of evil-doers. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he help the evil doers: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, as surely as God will never uphold wrongdoers, He will never cast away a blameless man. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. Common English Bible Surely God won’t reject integrity, won’t strengthen the hand of the wicked. Catholic Public Domain Version God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evil-doer: |
“Far be it from You to act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should be as the wrong. Far be it from You! Does the Judge of all the earth not do right?”
That the wicked is kept for the day of calamity. They are brought to the day of wrath.
Remember, please: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? And where have the straight ones ever been cut off?
It is all the same, therefore I say, ‘He destroys the perfect and the wrong.’
Tsadi The righteous cried out, and יהוה heard, And delivered them out of all their distresses.
Though he falls, he is not cast down, For יהוה is supporting his hand.
Shin Watch the perfect, and observe the straight; For the latter end of each is peace.
For יהוה does not leave His people, Nor does He forsake His inheritance.
He who walks in integrity walks safely, But he who perverts his ways becomes known.
“Thus said יהוה to His anointed, to Koresh, whose right hand I have strengthened, to subdue nations before him and ungird the loins of sovereigns, to open before him the double doors, so that gates are not shut: