The Meaning of Job 34:12 Explained

Job 34:12

KJV: Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

YLT: Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.

Darby: Yea, surely, God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment.

ASV: Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

Discover Job 34:12

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 34:12?

MEANING: What does Job 34:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 34:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 34:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Yea, surely  God  will not do wickedly,  neither will the Almighty  pervert  judgment. 

What does Job 34:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 34:1-37 - The Almighty Must Be Just
Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There will be no cause of ultimate complaint, but from the lips of the holiest beings in the universe, most able to pass an opinion, the cry will ascend, "Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God the Almighty. Righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages"¦. Thy righteous acts have been made manifest," Revelation 15:3-4, r.v.
Ponder those last words. God's righteous acts have not yet been made manifest; it is therefore foolish and wrong to pass judgment upon an unfinished program. Wait, mortal man, until, at the great white throne, God shall unfold His inner reasons. If it is not fit to say to a king, "Thou art vile," how much less to Him who lives through the ages, while the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 34

1  Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice
10  God omnipotent cannot be unjust
31  Man must humble himself unto God
34  Elihu reproves Job

What do the individual words in Job 34:12 mean?

Yes surely God never will do wickedly and the Almighty nor will pervert justice
אַף־ אָמְנָ֗ם אֵ֥ל לֹֽא־ יַרְשִׁ֑יעַ וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹֽא־ יְעַוֵּ֥ת מִשְׁפָּֽט

אַף־  Yes 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
אָמְנָ֗ם  surely 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אָמְנָם  
Sense: verily, truly, surely.
אֵ֥ל  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵל 
Sense: god, god-like one, mighty one.
לֹֽא־  never 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יַרְשִׁ֑יעַ  will  do  wickedly 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָשַׁע  
Sense: to be wicked, act wickedly.
וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י  and  the  Almighty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁדַּי  
Sense: almighty, most powerful.
לֹֽא־  nor 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יְעַוֵּ֥ת  will  pervert 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָוַת  
Sense: to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert.
מִשְׁפָּֽט  justice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.

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