Job 8:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃

Transliteration

Does ha-ʾEl yĕʿawwēt mišpāṭ wĕ-ʾim-Šadday yĕʿawwēt-ṣedeq

Grammar Details

• *ha-ʾEl*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the God
• *yĕʿawwēt*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - pervert/distort
• *mišpāṭ*: noun masculine singular - judgment/justice
• *wĕ-ʾim*: conjunction + conditional particle - and if
• *Šadday*: divine name - Almighty
• *yĕʿawwēt-ṣedeq*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + noun masculine singular - pervert/distort righteousness

Word Meanings

• *ʾEl*: God/deity
• *yĕʿawwēt*: pervert/distort/bend
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment/justice/law
• *Šadday*: Almighty/All-sufficient One [divine name]
• *ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:4 : 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
• 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
• Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
• Rev 16:7 : 7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
• Dan 9:14 : 14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
• Rom 3:4-6 : 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. 5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance?(I speak as a man) 6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
• Job 34:10-12 : 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
• Job 34:17-19 : 17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
• Job 35:13 : 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
• Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
• Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
• Ps 89:14 : 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go{H8762)} before thy face.
• Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
• Ezek 18:25 : 25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
• Ezek 33:17 : 17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
• Ezek 33:20 : 20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
• Job 4:17 : 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
• Job 9:2 : 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
• Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
• Job 19:7 : 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
• Job 21:15 : 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
• Job 21:20 : 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
• Job 34:5 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
• Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;