Job 34:10

God is Not Unjust

34:10 “Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. ¹ 

Far be it from ²  God to do wickedness,

from the Almighty to do evil.

Psalms 92:15

92:15 So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector,

is just and never unfair. ³ 

Habakkuk 1:13

1:13 You are too just ⁴  to tolerate ⁵  evil;

you are unable to condone ⁶  wrongdoing.

So why do you put up with such treacherous people? ⁷ 

Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour ⁸  those more righteous than they are? ⁹ 

Romans 3:5

3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates ¹⁰  the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? ¹¹  (I am speaking in human terms.) ¹² 

[34:10]  ¹ tn Heb “men of heart.” The “heart” is used for the capacity to understand and make the proper choice. It is often translated “mind.”

[34:10]  ² tn For this construction, see Job 27:5.

[92:15]  ³ tn Heb “so that [they] proclaim that upright [is] the Lord, my rocky summit, and there is no injustice in him.”

[1:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “[you] are too pure of eyes.” God’s “eyes” here signify what he looks at with approval. His “eyes” are “pure” in that he refuses to tolerate any wrongdoing in his presence.

[1:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “to see.” Here “see” is figurative for “tolerate,” “put up with.”

[1:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “to look at.” Cf. NEB “who canst not countenance wrongdoing”; NASB “You can not look on wickedness with favor.”

[1:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “Why do you look at treacherous ones?” The verb בָּגַד (bagad, “be treacherous”) is often used of those who are disloyal or who violate agreements. See S. Erlandsson, TDOT 1:470-73.

[1:13]  ⁸ tn Or “swallow up.”

[1:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “more innocent than themselves.”

[3:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “shows clearly.”

[3:5]  ¹¹ tn Grk “That God is not unjust to inflict wrath, is he?”

[3:5]  ¹² sn The same expression occurs in Gal 3:15, and similar phrases in Rom 6:19 and 1 Cor 9:8.