Job 8:20

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“Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.”

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BSBPD

“Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 8:20 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 4:7Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
  2. Job 9:22It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
  3. Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
  4. Psalms 34:17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
  5. Psalms 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
  6. Psalms 37:37Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
  7. Psalms 94:14For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
  8. Proverbs 10:9He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
  9. Isaiah 45:1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

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