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Job 8:3

Job 8:3
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

If thy children have sinned against him,.... As no doubt they had, and, as Bildad thought, in a very notorious manner, and therefore were righteously punished for them; this instance is produced as a…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Doth God pervert judgment? - That is, Does God afflict people unjustly? Does he show favor to the evil, and punish the good? Bildad here undoubtedly refers to Job, and supposes that he had brought…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 8:1-7

Here, I. Bildad reproves Job for what he had said (Job 8:2), checks his passion, but perhaps (as is too common) with greater passion. We thought Job spoke a great deal of good sense and much to the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

doth God pervert Or, will God pervert … will the Almighty, &c.? This is what Bildad means by his reference to these things. Job's speech put briefly is an assertion that God perverts justice. God is…