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Job 8:20
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Look, God does not reject a person of integrity,and he will not support evildoers.
"Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
"Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.
"Surely God does not reject the innocent or give strength to those who do evil.
"Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.
"Behold, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He strengthen or support evildoers.
"Behold, God will not reject a person of integrity, Nor will He help evildoers.
"Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,Nor will He strengthen the hand of the evildoers.
Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
"Look, God will not reject a blameless man; nor will he uphold wrongdoers.
Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.
God does not support evil people, and he does not abandon the innocent.
Behold, God will not reject the upright men, nor will he help the evildoers;
But God will never abandon the faithful or ever give help to evil people.
"Look, God will not reject the blameless, and he will not uphold the hand of evildoers.
Behold, God will not cast away the innocent, and He will not help the evildoers,
Beholde, God will not cast awaye a vertuous man, nether wil he helpe the vngodly.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.
Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will hee helpe the euill doers:
Beholde, God will not cast away a vertuous man, neither wil he helpe the vngodly.
For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
Forsothe God schal not caste a wei a symple man, nethir schal dresse hond to wickid men;
Look, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers:
Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, Nor will He uphold the evildoers.
"But look, God will not reject a person of integrity, nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.
See, God will not turn away from a man who is honest and faithful. And He will not help those who do wrong.
"See, God will not reject a blameless person, nor take the hand of evildoers.
Lo! GOD, will not reject a blameless man, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers:
God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evil doer:
"Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.
Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.
"There's no way that God will reject a good person, and there is no way he'll help a bad one. God will let you laugh again; you'll raise the roof with shouts of joy, With your enemies thoroughly discredited, their house of cards collapsed."
"Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
God: Job 4:7, Job 9:22, Psalms 37:24, Psalms 37:37, Psalms 94:14
help the evil doers: Heb. take the ungodly by the hand, Isaiah 45:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 18:25 - that the Job 1:8 - a perfect Job 9:23 - he will Job 10:3 - shine upon Isaiah 51:18 - that taketh Hebrews 8:9 - I took
Cross-References
and Abel also gave an offering to the Lord . He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the Lord the best parts of it. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
Take seven pairs of every kind of animal that can be used for sacrifice and one pair of all others.
God did not forget about Noah and the animals with him in the boat. So God made a wind blow, and the water started going down.
Then on the seventeenth day of the seventh month of the year, the boat came to rest somewhere in the Ararat mountains.
Noah wanted to find out if the water had gone down, and he sent out a dove.
God said to Noah,
"You, your wife, your sons, and your daughters-in-law may now leave the boat.
Let out the birds, animals, and reptiles, so they can mate and live all over the earth."
where he had earlier camped and built an altar. There he worshiped the Lord .
Abram took down his tents and went to live near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar in honor of the Lord .
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man],.... A sincere, upright, good man; one that is truly gracious; who, though he is not "perfect" in himself, yet in Christ; and though not with respect to sanctification, which is as yet imperfect in him, yet with respect to justification, being perfectly justified by the righteousness of Christ, and all his sins pardoned for his sake: such an one God will never "cast away"; not out of his sight, being engraven on the palms of his hands, nor out of his heart's love; or will not "loath" r him, as the Targum, or reject him with abhorrence and contempt; he will not cast him out of his covenant, which is ordered in all things and sure; nor out of the hands of his son, where he has put him, and from whence none can pluck; nor out of his family, where the son abides for ever; or so as to perish eternally, this would be contrary to his love, to his foreknowledge, and to his covenant; so far is he from it, that he has the greatest regard for such, delights in them, admits thereto nearness to himself, sets them as a seal on his heart, keeps them as the apple of his eye, and preserves them safe to his kingdom and glory:
neither will he help the evil doers; meaning, not everyone that does evil, or sins, but such who live in sin, make a trade of sinning, are frequent and constant in the commission of it; such God will not help, or "take by the hand" s, in order to deliver from evil, as Gersom observes; to help them out of mischief and trouble their sins have brought upon them; or to strengthen them, support and uphold them, in their present circumstances, and much less so as to admit them to fellowship and communion with him: these words, with what follow, are Bildad's conclusion upon the sayings and sentiments of the ancients, which may be supposed, and are thought by some, to end at the preceding Job 8:19.
r ימאס "abominatur", Vatablus; "aversatur", Beza, Mercerus, Drusius, Piscator. s לא יחזיק ביד "nec apprehendit manum", Pagninus, Vatablus, Mercerus, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man - On the meaning of the word perfect, see the note at Job 1:1. The sentiment of Bildad, or the inference which he draws from the whole argument is, that God will be the friend of the pious, but that he will not aid the wicked. This accords with the general sentiment maintained in the argument of the friends of Job.
Neither will he help the evil doers - Margin, “Take the ungodly by the hand.” This is in accordance with the Hebrew. The figure is that of taking one by the hand in order to assist him; see Isaiah 42:6.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 8:20. Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man] This is another of the maxims of the ancients, which Bildad produces: "As sure as he will punish and root out the wicked, so surely will he defend and save the righteous."
