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Job 8:20

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

KJV

Deus non projiciet simplicem, nec porriget manum malignis,

Vulgate

ὁ γὰρ κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον, πᾶν δὲ δῶρον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ δέξεται.

LXX

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.

ASV

הֶן אֵ֭ל לֹ֣א יִמְאַס תָּ֑ם וְ/לֹֽא יַ֝חֲזִ֗יק בְּ/יַד מְרֵעִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מָאָ֔סוּ
m'sv
verb · 76×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
תָּ֧ם
tm
adjective · 14×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 18:25 — 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 rig
  • Heb 8:9 — Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded th
  • Isa 45:1 — Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates
  • Job 1:8 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
  • Job 4:7 — Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
  • Job 4:7 — Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
  • Job 9:22 — This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
  • Job 21:30 — That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
  • Ps 37:24 — Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
  • Ps 37:37 — Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
  • Ps 94:14 — For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.