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Job 8:3–4

Does God pervert justice?l

Does the Almighty pervert what is right?m

When your children sinned against him,

he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.n

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Job 8:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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.

Job 8:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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;

Job 8:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Does God twist justice?

Does the Almighty twist what is right?

Your children must have sinned against him,

so their punishment was well deserved.

Job 8:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Does God subvert judgment?

Or does the Almighty pervert justice?

If your sons have sinned against Him,

He has cast them away for their transgression.

Job 8:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

God does not twist justice;

the Almighty does not make wrong what is right.

Your children sinned against God,

and he punished them for their sins.

Job 8:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Doth God pervert justice?

Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

If thy children have sinned against him,

And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;

Job 8:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Doth •God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice? If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.

Job 8:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Does God distort justice, 

or does the Almighty distort righteousness? 

If your children sinned against him, 

he allowed them to suffer the consequences of their sinfulness. 

Job 8:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Does God pervert justice?

Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Since your children sinned against Him,

He gave them over to their rebellion.

Job 8:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Does God pervert justice?

Or does the Almighty pervert the right?

If your children sinned against him,

he delivered them into the power of their transgression.

Job 8:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Does God pervert justice,

or Shaddai pervert righteousness?

If your children sinned against him,

then he sent them into the power of their transgression.

Job 8:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Does God ever treat people unfairly?

Does the Mighty One make what is wrong

appear to be right?

Your children sinned against him.

So he punished them for their sin.

Job 8:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“Does God pervert justice?

Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

If your sons sinned against Him,

Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.


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