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?”
Ezekiel 18:25 - Revised Standard Version CI “Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not fair and just. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way fair and just? Are not your ways unfair and unjust? American Standard Version (1901) Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? Common English Bible But you say, “My Lord’s way doesn’t measure up.” Listen, house of Israel, is it my ways that don’t measure up? Isn’t it your ways that don’t measure up? Catholic Public Domain Version And you have said, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you have said: The way of the Lord is not right. Hear ye, therefore, O house of Israel: Is it my way that is not right, and are not rather your ways perverse? |
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 you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;
“Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
These things you have done and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.
The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah
When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord.
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I complain to thee; yet I would plead my case before thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die for it; for the iniquity which he has committed he shall die.
Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
“Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just’; when it is their own way that is not just.
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”
The Lord within her is righteous, he does no wrong; every morning he shows forth his justice, each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.
You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Every one who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
For no human being will be justified in his sight by works of the law, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
But if our wickedness serves to show the justice of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
But who are you, a man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me thus?”
“The Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.