Job 34:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁰ “Therefore, hear me, you who have sense; far be it from God that he should do wickedness and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Therefore hear me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God that He should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that He should commit iniquity.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Therefore, intelligent ones, hear me; far be it from God to do evil and the Almighty to sin,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Therefore, prudent men, hear me: impiety is far from God, and iniquity is far from the Almighty.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ Therefore, ye men of understanding, hear me. Far from God be wickedness: and iniquity from the Almighty.

Job 34:10 Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

2 Samuel 22:31

This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.

2 Chronicles 19:7

Now, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God or partiality or taking of bribes.”

Job 34:12

Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.

Job 34:34

Those who have sense will say to me, and the wise who hear me will say,

Job 36:23

Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, ‘You have done wrong’?

Job 37:23

The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.

Job 8:3

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?

Psalm 145:17

The Lord is just in all his ways and kind in all his doings.

Psalm 92:15

showing that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Proverbs 15:32

Those who ignore instruction despise themselves, but those who heed admonition gain understanding.

Proverbs 6:32

But he who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Jeremiah 12:1

You will be in the right, O Lord, when I lay charges against you, but let me put my case to you. Why does the way of the guilty prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

Zephaniah 3:5

The Lord within it is righteous; he does no wrong. Every morning he renders his judgment, each dawn without fail, but the unjust knows no shame.

Romans 9:14

What then are we to say? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means!

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock, his work is perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God, without deceit, just and upright is he;

James 1:13

No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one.