Job 34:17
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34:17Do you really think28
that one who hates justice can govern?29
And will you declare guilty
the supremely righteous30 One,
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- 28 The force of הַאַף (ha’af) is “Is it truly the case?” The point is being made that if Job were right God could not be judging the world.
- 29 The verb חָבַשׁ (khavash) has the basic idea of “to bind,” as in binding on the yoke, and then in the sense of subduing people under authority (cf. Assyrian absanu). The imperfect verb here is best expressed with the potential nuance.
- 30 The two words could be taken separately, but they seem to form a fine nominal hendiadys, because the issue is God’s justice. So the word for power becomes the modifier.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Shall one who hates justice govern?
Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Can someone who hates justice govern?
Will you condemn the just and mighty One?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Could one who hates justice govern the world?
Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,
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NLTNew Living Translation
Could God govern if he hated justice?
Are you going to condemn the almighty judge?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Shall he who hates justice really govern?
Or will you declare the Righteous One, the Mighty, guilty?—
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KJV 1900King James Version
Shall even he that hateth right govern?
And wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
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