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Job 8:3

NETBible	Does God pervert¹ justice?² Or does the Almighty pervert³ what is right?
NIV © biblegateway Job 8:3	Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
NASB © biblegateway Job 8:3	"Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
NLT © biblegateway Job 8:3	Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right?
MSG © biblegateway Job 8:3	Does God mess up? Does God Almighty ever get things backwards?
BBE © SABDAweb Job 8:3	Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 8:3	Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
NKJV © biblegateway Job 8:3	Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
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KJV	Doth God <0410> pervert <05791> (8762) judgment <04941>_? or doth the Almighty <07706> pervert <05791> (8762) justice <06664>_?
NASB © biblegateway Job 8:3	"Does God <0410> pervert <05791> justice <04941> ? Or <0518> does the Almighty <07706> pervert <05791> what <06664> is right <06664> ?
LXXM	mh <3165> ADV o <3588> T-NSM kuriov <2962> N-NSM adikhsei <91> V-FAI-3S krinwn <2919> V-PAPNS h <2228> CONJ o <3588> T-NSM ta <3588> T-APN panta <3956> A-APN poihsav <4160> V-AAPNS taraxei <5015> V-FAI-3S to <3588> T-ASN dikaion <1342> A-ASN
NET [draft] ITL	Does God <0410> pervert <05791> justice <04941> ? Or <0518> does the Almighty <07706> pervert <05791> what is right <06664> ?
HEBREW	qdu <06664> twey <05791> yds <07706> Maw <0518> jpsm <04941> twey <05791> lah (8:3) <0410>

NETBible

Does God pervert¹ justice?² Or does the Almighty pervert³ what is right?

NET Notes

¹tn The Piel verb יְעַוֵּת (yÿ’avvet) means “to bend; to cause to swerve from the norm; to deviate; to pervert.” The LXX renders the first colon as “will the Lord be unjust when he judges?”

²tn The first word is מִשְׁפָּת (mishpat, “justice”). It can mean an act of judgment, place of judgment, or what is just, that is, the outcome of the decision. It basically describes an umpire’s decision. The parallel word is צֶדֶק (tsedeq, “righteousness,” or “what is right”). The basic idea here is that which conforms to the standard, what is right. See S. H. Scholnick, “The Meaning of Mishpat in the Book of Job,” JBL 101 (1982): 521-29.

³tn Some commentators think that the second verb should be changed in order to avoid the repetition of the same word and to reflect the different words in the versions. The suggestion is to read יְעַוֵּה (yÿ’avveh) instead; this would mean “to cause someone to deviate,” for the root means “to bend.” The change is completely unwarranted; the LXX probably chose different words for stylistic reasons (see D. J. A. Clines, Job [WBC], 198). The repetition in the Hebrew text is a common type; it strengthens the enormity of the charge Job seems to be making.