He preserveth not the life of the wicked: But giveth to the afflicted their right.
Job 4:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? More versionsKing 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 preserveth not the life of the wicked: But giveth to the afflicted their right.
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging their bread.
All this have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.
And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.
the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgement;