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Good News Translation

Job 34:12

Almighty God does not do evil; he is never unjust to anyone.

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

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.
King James Version
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
English Standard Version
Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not 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.
Amplified Bible
"Surely God will not act wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
New American Standard Bible
"God certainly will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
World English Bible
Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And certainely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightie peruert iudgement.
Legacy Standard Bible
Truly, God will not act wickedly,And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
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.
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.
George Lamsa Translation
Truly, God does not commit iniquity, neither does God 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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For sure it is, that God codemneth no man wrongeously, and the iudgmet of the Allmightie is not vnrightuous.
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.
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.
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?
English Revised Version
Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyyti God schal distrie doom.
Update Bible Version
Yes, certainly, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
New King James Version
Surely God will never do wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
New Living Translation
Truly, God will not do wrong. The Almighty will not twist justice.
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.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice.

Contextual Overview

10 Listen to me, you men who understand! Will Almighty God do what is wrong? 11 He rewards people for what they do and treats them as they deserve. 12 Almighty God does not do evil; he is never unjust to anyone. 13 Did God get his power from someone else? Did someone put him in charge of the world? 14 If God took back the breath of life, 15 then everyone living would die and turn into dust again.

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
Then he brought out clothing and silver and gold jewelry, and gave them to Rebecca. He also gave expensive gifts to her brother and to her mother.
Genesis 29:18
Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said, "I will work seven years for you, if you will let me marry Rachel."
Genesis 31:41
It was like that for the whole twenty years I was with you. For fourteen years I worked to win your two daughters—and six years for your flocks. And even then, you changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 34:16
Then we will agree to intermarriage. We will settle among you and become one people with you.
Genesis 34:17
But if you will not accept our terms and be circumcised, we will take her and leave."
Genesis 34:25
Three days later, when the men were still sore from their circumcision, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, took their swords, went into the city without arousing suspicion, and killed all the men,
Genesis 34:27
After the slaughter Jacob's other sons looted the town to take revenge for their sister's disgrace.
Genesis 34:28
They took the flocks, the cattle, the donkeys, and everything else in the city and in the fields.
Genesis 34:29
They took everything of value, captured all the women and children, and carried off everything in the houses.
2 Samuel 3:14
And David also sent messengers to Ishbosheth to say, "Give me back my wife Michal. I paid a hundred Philistine foreskins in order to marry her."

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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