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Job 34:17-19
Expanded Bible
Job 34:17-19
Expanded Bible
17 Can anyone govern who hates what is right?
How can you ·blame God [L condemn one] who is both ·fair [righteous] and powerful?
18 ·God [L Who…?] is the one who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’
or to important people, ‘You are evil.’
19 He ·is not nicer to princes than other people [L shows no favoritism to princes],
nor ·kinder [L gives more recognition] to ·rich people [nobles] than poor people,
because he made them all with his own hands [Prov. 14:31; 17:5; 22:2].
Job 34:17-19
New International Version
Job 34:17-19
New International Version
17 Can someone who hates justice govern?(A)
Will you condemn the just and mighty One?(B)
18 Is he not the One who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’
and to nobles,(C) ‘You are wicked,’(D)
19 who shows no partiality(E) to princes
and does not favor the rich over the poor,(F)
for they are all the work of his hands?(G)
Job 34:17-19
King James Version
Job 34:17-19
King James Version
17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
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Job 34:17-19
English Standard Version
Job 34:17-19
English Standard Version
17 (A)Shall one who hates justice govern?
Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
18 who (B)says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’
and to nobles, ‘Wicked man,’
19 who (C)shows no partiality to princes,
nor regards the rich (D)more than the poor,
for (E)they are all the work of his hands?
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