Job 8:3

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? Doth God pervert judgment! - God afflicts thee; can he afflict thee for naught? As he is just, his judgment is just; and he could not inflict punishment unless there be a cause.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Doth God pervert judgment? - That is, Does God afflict people unjustly? Does he show favor to the evil, and punish the good? Bildad here undoubte...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Opening of Bildad's First Speech. The two younger friends, says Duhm, make a less favourable impression than Eliphaz. Bildad's great point is the d...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Doth... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. GOD. Hebrew. El. App-4. THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew. Shaddai. App-4.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? Doth God pervert. The repetition of pervert gives an emphasis galling to Job...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Bildad Holding the same doctrine about sin and suffering as Eliphaz, Bildad supports the views of his friend by an appeal to t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Can there be injustice with God as Job seems to think is possible? Bildad thinks the All-powerful must in the nature of things be righteous. Job does...
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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Doth God pervert judgment ?.... In his dealings with men in the way of his providence; no, he does not; here Bildad opposes himself to Job, who he t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Address of Bildad. B. C. 1520. 1 T...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite. Bildad’s unsympathetic speech Bildad grasps at once, as we say, the nettle. He is quite sure that he has the...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Admonition to Job to Repent of his Sin
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice? Would Job in his sober mind accuse God of injustice, either in principle or in act?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 19:7 ; Daniel 9:14 ; Deuteronomy 32:4 ; Ezekiel 18:25 ; Ezekiel 33:17 ; Ezekiel 33:20 ; Genesis 18:25 ; Job 10:3 ; Job 19:7 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Doth God — Heb. The might God, as this word signifies, the Almighty, or All — sufficient God, as the next name of God implies. These names are emph...

³ Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

Related Commentaries of Job 8:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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