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 8:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers. Flere versionerKing 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 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?”
that the wicked man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
“Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
It is all one; therefore I say, he destroys both the blameless and the wicked.
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord is the stay of his hand.
Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is posterity for the man of peace.
He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and ungird the loins of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed: