Job 34:17

WEB

¹⁷Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,

KJV

¹⁷Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

BSB

¹⁷Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

FBV

¹⁷Do you really think someone who hated justice could govern? Are you going to condemn Almighty God who always does what is right?

Extra References

Genesis 18:25

²⁵May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Romans 9:14

¹⁴What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

2 Samuel 23:3

³The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

Job 40:8

⁸Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Romans 3:5-7

⁵But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do. ⁶May it never be! For then how will God judge the world? ⁷For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

Job 1:22

²²In all this, Job didn’t sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.

2 Samuel 19:21

²¹But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”