He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives justice to the afflicted.
Job 4:7 - Tree of Life Version Reflect now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were the upright destroyed? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 does not keep the wicked alive, but gives justice to the afflicted.
He does not take His eyes from the righteous, but enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
Surely God does not spurn the blameless or strengthen the hand of evildoers.
I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous one forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
During my fleeting days I have seen both of these things: sometimes a righteous one perishes in his righteousness and sometimes a wicked one lives long in his wickedness.
When the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Though he has been saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
Therefore the Lord certainly knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and how to keep the unrighteous being punished until the Day of Judgment—