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?”
Job 8:20 - New Revised Standard Version “See, God will not reject a blameless person, nor take the hand of evildoers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 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?”
that the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, and are 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 rescues them from all their troubles.
though we stumble, we shall not fall headlong, for the Lord holds us by the hand.
Mark the blameless, and behold the upright, for there is posterity for the peaceable.
For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage;
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows perverse 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 strip kings of their robes, to open doors before him— and the gates shall not be closed: