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Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
Ayub 8:20
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Ketahuilah, Allah tidak menolak orang yang saleh, dan Ia tidak memegang tangan orang yang berbuat jahat.
Bahwasanya tiada dibuang Allah akan orang yang tulus hatinya, dan lagi tiada dipegangnya tangan orang yang berbuat jahat.
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
Habel also brought of the firstlynges of his sheepe, & of the fatte thereof: and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his oblation.
Of euery cleane beast thou shalt take with thee seuen and seuen, the male and his female, but of vncleane cattell two, the male and his female.
And God remebred Noah and euery beast, and all the cattell that was with hym in the arke: and God made a wynde to passe vpon the earth, and the waters ceassed.
And in the seuen moneth, in the seuenteenth day of ye moneth, the arke rested vpon the mountaynes of Armenia.
And he sent foorth a Rauen, whiche went out, goyng foorth, and returnyng, vntyll the waters were dryed vp vpon the earth.
And agayne he sent foort a Doue from him, that he myght see yf the waters were abated from the vpper face of the grounde.
And God spake vnto Noah, saying:
Go foorth of the arke, thou, and thy wife, thy sonnes, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
And bryng foorth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all fleshe, both foule and cattell, and euery worme that crepeth vpon the earth, that they may breede in the earth, and bring foorth fruite, and multiplie vpon earth.
Euen vnto the place of the aulter whiche he had made there at the first, and there Abram called on the name of the Lorde.
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."
