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Job 34:12
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10 “Therefore listen to me, you1 men of understanding:
aFar be it from God to do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to commit iniquity. 
11 aFor He repays man according to his work,
And makes man to find a reward according to his way. 
12 Surely God will never do wickedly,
Nor will the Almighty apervert justice. 
13 Who gave Him charge over the earth?
Or who appointed Him over the whole world?
14 If He should set His heart on it,
If He should agather to Himself His Spirit and His breath, 
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Job 34:12

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 ( '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.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Job 34:12:

Psalms 119:78

 

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