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Job 8:20
Job 8:20 is verse 20 of Job chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
King James Version
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
World English Bible
“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
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Job 8:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
19 Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
20 Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
22 Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 4:7Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
Job 9:22It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
Psalms 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
Psalms 37:37Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
Psalms 94:14For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
Isaiah 45:1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: