In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God.
Parallel translations
- WEB In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
- KJV In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
- BSB In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
- NKJV In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.
- NASB Despite all this, Job did not sin, nor did he blame God.
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Quick answer
The narrator confirms that Job did not sin or accuse God of wrong. Round one of the test is decisively won.
Overview
This summary verdict vindicates Job against Satan's charge: his faith was not bought by blessing after all. It establishes that genuine grief and worship can coexist without sin. The verse assures readers that faith resting on God Himself can endure even devastating loss, a faith God Himself sustains in His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
- Job 2:10But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
- 1 Pet 1:7that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ —
- Rom 9:20But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
- Jas 1:4Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
- Job 34:18–19Who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?
- Job 40:4–8“Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
- Job 34:10“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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