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Does God pervert justice,
    or does the Almighty distort what is right?
If your children sinned against him,
    then he delivered them into the power of their rebellion.
If you will search eagerly for God,
    plead with the Almighty.

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Does God pervert justice?(A)
    Does the Almighty pervert what is right?(B)
When your children sinned against him,
    he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.(C)
But if you will seek God earnestly
    and plead(D) with the Almighty,(E)

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(A)Does God subvert judgment?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
If (B)your sons have sinned against Him,
He has cast them away [a]for their transgression.
(C)If you would earnestly seek God
And make your supplication to the Almighty,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:4 Lit. into the hand of their transgression