Job Chapter 8 verse 20 Holy Bible
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
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Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.
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Behold, ùGod will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.
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Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
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Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
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"Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
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Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man. Bildad winds up with words of apparent trust in, and good will towards, Job. God is absolutely just, and will neither forsake the righteous man nor uphold the wicked one. If Job is, as he says, true to God, upright, and (humanly speaking) "perfect," then he has only to go on trusting God; God will not leave him "till he fill his mouth with laughing, and his lips with rejoicing" (ver 21); then "they that irate him shall be clothed with shame, and their dwelling-place shall come to nought' (ver. 22); but if, as we feel instinctively that Bildad believes, Job is not "perfect," but "an evil-doer," then he must expect no relief, no lull in his sufferings; he is obnoxious to all the threatenings which have formed the bulk of Bildad's discourse (vers. 8-20) - be may look to being cut off, like the rush and the flag (vers. 11, 12), crushed like the spider's web (ver. 14), destroyed, and forgotten, like the rapidly growing gourd (Vers. 16-19); he must look for no help from God (ver. 20); but must be contented to pass away and make room for men of a better stamp (ver. 19). Neither will he help the evil-doers; literally, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers; i.e. though he may support them for a while, he will not maintain them firmly and constantly.
