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King James Version

Job 34:12

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   God Continued...;   The Topic Concordance - Creation;   Favoritism;   God;   Judgment;   Poverty;   Wealth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Justice of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Evil;   Easton Bible Dictionary - God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lamentations;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elihu;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Judgment, Divine;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Truly, God will not do wrong. The Almighty will not twist justice.
English Revised Version
Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Update Bible Version
Yes, certainly, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
New Century Version
Truly God will never do wrong; the Almighty will never twist what is right.
New English Translation
Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
World English Bible
Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Amplified Bible
"Surely God will not act wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
English Standard Version
Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyyti God schal distrie doom.
Berean Standard Bible
Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
Contemporary English Version
and he is never unfair.
American Standard Version
Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Bible in Basic English
Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.
Complete Jewish Bible
It is certain that God does nothing wicked; Shaddai will not pervert justice.
Darby Translation
Yea, surely, God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment.
Easy-to-Read Version
The truth is that God does no wrong. God All-Powerful is always fair.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
King James Version (1611)
Yea surely God will not doe wickedly, neither will the Almighty peruert iudgement.
New Life Bible
For sure God will not do wrong. The All-powerful will not turn what is right into sin.
New Revised Standard
Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And certainely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightie peruert iudgement.
George Lamsa Translation
Truly, God does not commit iniquity, neither does God pervert justice.
Good News Translation
Almighty God does not do evil; he is never unjust to anyone.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Nay, verily, GOD, will not condemn unjustly, - nor, the Almighty, pervert justice.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For in very deed God will not condemn without cause, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Revised Standard Version
Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Sure it is that God wil not do wickedly, neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thinkest thou that the Lord will do wrong, or will the Almighty who made the earth wrest judgment?
Christian Standard Bible®
Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedlyand the Almighty does not pervert justice.
Hebrew Names Version
Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, Neither will Shaddai pervert justice.
Lexham English Bible
What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.
Literal Translation
Yea, surely God will not do evilly, nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
Young's Literal Translation
Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For sure it is, that God codemneth no man wrongeously, and the iudgmet of the Allmightie is not vnrightuous.
New American Standard Bible
"God certainly will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
New King James Version
Surely God will never do wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
Legacy Standard Bible
Truly, God will not act wickedly,And the Almighty will not pervert justice.

Contextual Overview

10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

surely: Psalms 11:7, Psalms 145:17, Habakkuk 1:12, Habakkuk 1:13

pervert: Job 8:3

Reciprocal: Job 33:23 - to Proverbs 17:7 - much

Cross-References

Genesis 24:53
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
Genesis 29:18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Genesis 31:41
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 34:16
Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
Genesis 34:17
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
Genesis 34:25
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Genesis 34:27
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Genesis 34:28
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
Genesis 34:29
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
2 Samuel 3:14
And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly,.... This truth is repeated and affirmed in the strongest manner; or "will not condemn", as the Vulgate Latin version, and so the Targum, that is, he will not condemn the righteous; for, though he may afflict them, which is done that they may not be condemned with the world, he will not condemn them; for there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ; his righteousness, by which they are justified, secures them from all condemnation;

neither will the Almighty pervert judgment: pronounce a wrong sentence, decline the execution of justice, swerve from the rule of it, or do a wrong thing; for he punishes wherever he finds it, either in the sinner or his surety; and his punishing it in his Son, as the surety of his people, is the strongest proof of his punitive justice that can be given: nor does he neglect to chastise his people for sin, though satisfied for; so far is he from conniving at sin, and still further from committing it; see :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly - So important does Elihu hold this principle to be, that he repeats it, and dwells upon it. He says, “it surely (אמנם 'omnâm) must be so.” The principle must be held at all hazards, and no opinion which contravenes this should be indulged for one moment. His ground of complaint against Job was, that he had not held fast to this principle, but, under the pressure of his sufferings, had indulged in remarks which implied that God might do wrong.

Neither will the Almighty pervert judgment - As Elihu supposed Job to have maintained; see Job 34:5. To “pervert judgment” is to do injustice; to place injustice in the place of right.


 
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