Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
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Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
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Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
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Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Job 34:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 8:3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
- Psalms 11:7 For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.
- Psalms 145:17 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
- Habakkuk 1:12-13 Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish. You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly,…
Job 34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Ver. 12. Yea, surely God will not do wickedly] This must be laid down for a certain truth, and is, therefore, so reiterated. Job had said as much to this purpose as Elihu could do; but then he had seemingly dashed all again with his inconsiderate complaints and murmurings. This Elihu could not bear, but again and again celebrateth the righteousness of God; and when he hath said his utmost, seemeth to say, as Cicero once did of Crassus and Antony, the Roman orators, That if any man think he had said too much in commendation of them, he must needs be such a one as either knew them not or was not able to judge their worth. As for Job, whom he here confuteth, he seems to say of him as Calvin somewhere doth of Luther, That as he excelled with great virtues, so he was not without his great failings. Atque utinam recognoscendis suis vitiis plus operae dedisset; And I spent less time in declaiming against others, and more in recognizing his own faults (Calv. ep. Bulling.).
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Neither will the Almighty pervert judgment] For shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? {See Trapp on "Job 7:3"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain As Job hath wickedly affirmed. For the phrase, See…
As Job hath wickedly affirmed. For the phrase, See Poole "Job 8:3".
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Who hath given him a charge over the earth?....…
Who hath given him a charge over the earth?.... Or who hath committed the earth unto him, and made it his care and charge? Is there any above him that has put him into this post and office? Under whose direction and command is he, and to whom is he accountable? None at all; he is no deputy or sub-governor: the kings of the earth are under him, and they have others subordinate to them; but he above all, higher than the highest: he is sole Governor of the world in his own right, by right of creation, and which he has from himself and not another; he has no rival, nor partner with him, none to whom he is accountable, or can control him; and since he is the Judge of all the earth, he will do right. Subordinate governors sometimes do unjust things in obedience to their superiors, or to please them, or through fear of them; but nothing of this kind is or can be the case with God; as he cannot do any injustice through inclination of nature, nor through ignorance, as men may; so neither through fear of any, there being none above him from whom he has received a charge, or that rules over him; and, as Jarchi expresses it, can say to him, what dost thou? as, I did not command thee so and so. And though he is sovereign and independent, and his power uncontrollable, it is contrary to his nature to make an ill use of it; and was justice perverted by him, the world would soon be in the utmost confusion: but it is a plain case there is a God that judgeth in the earth, and cannot commit iniquity. Or this may be said with respect to man; who has committed the earth to man, to be his charge, to be governed by him? if so, it would soon come to nothing; all creatures in it would be destroyed, as in the following verses; but this is not the case. Or who has given it to man to possess it, and to enjoy all things in it, and has put all things into his hands, and in subjection to him, to make use thereof, and for his good, delight, and pleasure, and visits him in it in a providential way, in great kindness and goodness? It is the Lord; and can it be thought that he that is so good and beneficent to men will do them any injustice? no, surely! Yea, should he take away all these good things he has given them, and even life itself, it could be no injustice, since he would only take away what he had given and had a right unto;
or who hath disposed the whole world? or created it, as Aben Ezra; that stored it with all the good things in it for the use of men? or put it in the beautiful order it is, so suitable and convenient for the good of his creatures? or made it the habitable earth it is for man and beast? so Mr. Broughton renders the whole,
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"who before him looked to the earth, or who settled all the dwelt land?''
Or who made it the fruitful earth it is, abounding with plenty of food for man and beast? or who disposes of all things in it by his wise providence, so that everything is beautiful in its season? None but the Lord has done all this; how then can it be thought that he who has filled the earth with his goodness should do wickedly or pervert judgment?
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Pervert - As Job hath affirmed.
Pervert - As Job hath affirmed.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Yea, surely God will not do wickedly - So…
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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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (Job 8:3). In opposition to Job, Job 34:5, will…
(Job 8:3). In opposition to Job, Job 34:5, will not--cannot.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Surely — The word is radically the amen,…
12. Surely — The word is radically the amen, verily, of the New Testament. In no stronger language could he lay down the proposition he is about to illustrate — God cannot do wrong. The titles God bears — El and Shaddai — are a guarantee that evil can in no form belong to God. “Sin, unrighteousness, dwells only in the sphere of the finite.” Dr. Samuel Clarke treats Job_34:10-12 in two sermons on “The Justice of God.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will…
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. Elihu is fond of rhetorical amplification, like most young speakers. Vers. 11, 12 contain nothing that is really additional to the statement in ver. 10.
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