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Job 8:3 King James Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The repetition of "pervert" gives an emphasis galling to Job (Job 34:12). "Wouldst thou have God," as thy words imply, "pervert judgment," by letting thy sins go unpunished? He assumes Job's guilt from his sufferings.
 
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12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.