Job 8:3

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“Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?”

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“Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 8:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
  2. Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  3. 2 Chronicles 19:7And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
  4. Job 4:17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
  5. Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
  6. Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
  7. Job 19:6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
  8. Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
  9. Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
  10. Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
  11. Job 34:5For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
  12. Job 34:10Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
  13. Job 34:12Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
  14. Job 34:17Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
  15. Job 35:13Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
  16. Job 37:23The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
  17. Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
  18. Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
  19. Psalms 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
  20. Psalms 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
  21. Ezekiel 18:25Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
  22. Ezekiel 33:17Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
  23. Ezekiel 33:20Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
  24. Daniel 9:14Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.

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