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THE MESSAGE
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.
We know God doesn't reject an innocent person or help a sinner.
"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.
"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
"Take on board with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and a female; one pair of every unclean animal, a male and a female; and seven pairs of every kind of bird, a male and a female, to insure their survival on Earth. In just seven days I will dump rain on Earth for forty days and forty nights. I'll make a clean sweep of everything that I've made."
Then God turned his attention to Noah and all the wild animals and farm animals with him on the ship. God caused the wind to blow and the floodwaters began to go down. The underground springs were shut off, the windows of Heaven closed and the rain quit. Inch by inch the water lowered. After 150 days the worst was over.
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ship landed on the Ararat mountain range. The water kept going down until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains came into view. After forty days Noah opened the window that he had built into the ship.
He sent out a raven; it flew back and forth waiting for the floodwaters to dry up. Then he sent a dove to check on the flood conditions, but it couldn't even find a place to perch—water still covered the Earth. Noah reached out and caught it, brought it back into the ship.
God spoke to Noah: "Leave the ship, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives. And take all the animals with you, the whole menagerie of birds and mammals and crawling creatures, all that brimming prodigality of life, so they can reproduce and flourish on the Earth."
Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .
He said, "Take your dear son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll point out to you."
They arrived at the place to which God had directed him. Abraham built an altar. He laid out the wood. Then he tied up Isaac and laid him on the wood. Abraham reached out and took the knife to kill his son.
Isaac built an altar there and prayed, calling on God by name. He pitched his tent and his servants started digging another well.
God spoke to Jacob: "Go back to Bethel. Stay there and build an altar to the God who revealed himself to you when you were running for your life from your brother Esau."
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."
