Job 8

Job · Chapter 8

Job 8:3

1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,2How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.8For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.16He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.17His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
¿ Godהַ֭אֵלHA-'elH0410G
God

אֵל (el) This name means god, god-like one, mighty one, strength, power Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

does he pervertיְעַוֵּ֣תye-'a-VETH5791
to pervert

עָוַת (a.vat) 1) to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert 1a2) to bend, make crooked 1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle) 1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself

justiceמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish-PATH4941H
justice: judgement

מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) : judgement/punishment 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

and or?וְאִם־ve-'i-mo-SHA-H0518A
if

אִם (im) : if/whether_or/though 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

[the] Almightyשַׁ֝דַּ֗יSHA-DAIH7706
Almighty

שַׁדַּי (shad.day) Shaddai, the Almighty (God) Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G) This name means almighty, most powerful

does he pervertיְעַוֵּֽת־ye-'a-vet-H5791
to pervert

עָוַת (a.vat) 1) to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert 1a2) to bend, make crooked 1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle) 1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself

righteousnessצֶֽדֶק׃TZE-dekH6664G
righteousness

צֶ֫דֶק (tse.deq) 1) justice, rightness, righteousness 1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures) 1b) righteousness (in government) 1b1) of judges, rulers, kings 1b2) of law 1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah 1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government 1b5) of God's attribute 1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause) 1d) rightness (in speech) 1e) righteousness (as ethically right) 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity 1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption 1f2) in name of Messianic king …

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.