Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.
New American Standard Bible
Nor
King James Version
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
Holman Bible
and He will not support evildoers.
International Standard Version
Surely God won't reject those who are blameless or hold hands with those who practice evil.
A Conservative Version
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will he uphold the evil-doers.
American Standard Version
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
Amplified
“Behold, God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He strengthen or support evildoers.
Bible in Basic English
Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.
Darby Translation
Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, God will not reject the blameless one, and he will not take hold upon the hand of those doing evil:
King James 2000
Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he help the evil doers:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Look, God will not reject [the] blameless, and he will not uphold the hand of evildoers.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, God will not cast away the innocent, nor will He help the evildoers,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Behold, God will not cast away a virtuous man, neither will he help the ungodly.
NET Bible
"Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.
New Heart English Bible
"Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! GOD, will not reject a blameless man, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers:
Webster
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
World English Bible
"Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
Interlinear
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Ma'ac
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 8:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's First Response To Job
19 Lo, this is the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.' 20 Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers. 21 While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,
Cross References
Job 4:7
Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
Job 9:22
It is the same thing, therefore I said, 'The perfect and the wicked He is consuming.'
Job 21:30
That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.
Psalm 37:24
When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.
Psalm 37:37
Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each is peace.
Psalm 94:14
For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
Isaiah 45:1
Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut: