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Job 8:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

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Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.

Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.

There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.

Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

But you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Give ear, now, O children of Israel; is my way not equal? are not your ways unequal?

But the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: when it is they whose way is not equal.

And still you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, I will be your judge, giving to everyone the reward of his ways.

So the Lord has been watching over this evil and has made it come on us: for the Lord our God is upright in all his acts which he has done, and we have not given ear to his voice.

But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;

He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.

And they give the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and full of wonder are your works, O Lord God, Ruler of all; true and full of righteousness are your ways, eternal King.

And a voice came from the altar, saying, Even so, O Lord God, Ruler of all, true and full of righteousness is your judging.




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