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Job 8:3–7

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3Does God distort justice, 

or does the Almighty distort righteousness? 

4If your children sinned against him, 

he allowed them to suffer the consequences of their sinfulness. 

5If you search for God 

and plead for mercy from the Almighty, 

6if you are moral and ethical, 

then he will rise up on your behalf 

and prove your righteousness by rebuilding your home. 

7Then what you had in the past will seem small 

compared with the great prosperity you’ll have in the future. 

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Does God pervert justice?

Or does the Almighty pervert the right?

If your children have sinned against him,

he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.

If you will seek God

and plead with the Almighty for mercy,

if you are pure and upright,

surely then he will rouse himself for you

and restore your rightful habitation.

And though your beginning was small,

your latter days will be very great.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Does God pervert justice?

Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

When your children sinned against him,

he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

But if you will seek God earnestly

and plead with the Almighty,

if you are pure and upright,

even now he will rouse himself on your behalf

and restore you to your prosperous state.

Your beginnings will seem humble,

so prosperous will your future be.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Does God pervert justice?

Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Since your children sinned against him,

he gave them over to their rebellion.

But if you earnestly seek God

and ask the Almighty for mercy,

if you are pure and upright,

then he will move even now on your behalf

and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.

Then, even if your beginnings were modest,

your final days will be full of prosperity.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Does God twist justice?

Does the Almighty twist what is right?

Your children must have sinned against him,

so their punishment was well deserved.

But if you pray to God

and seek the favor of the Almighty,

and if you are pure and live with integrity,

he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.

And though you started with little,

you will end with much.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Does God pervert justice,

or Shaddai pervert righteousness?

If your children sinned against him,

then he sent them into the power of their transgression.

If you yourself would seek God,

then you would plead to Shaddai for grace.

If you are pure and upright,

indeed, now he will rouse himself for you,

and he will restore your righteous abode.

Though your beginning was small,

your end will be very great.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Doth God pervert judgment?

Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

If thy children have sinned against him,

And he have cast them away for their transgression;

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes,

And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

If thou wert pure and upright;

Surely now he would awake for thee,

And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Though thy beginning was small,

Yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

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