Job 34:12

“Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, etc.] This truth is repeated and affirmed in the strongest manner; or “will not condemn”, as the Vulgate Latin version, and so the Targum, that is, he will not condemn the righteous; for, though he may afflict them, which is done that they may not be condemned with the world, he will not condemn them; for there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ; his righteousness, by which they are justified, secures them from all condemnation; neither will the Almighty pervert judgment: pronounce a wrong sentence, decline the execution of justice, swerve from the rule of it, or do a wrong thing; for he punishes wherever he finds it, either in the sinner or…”

“(Job 8:3). In opposition to Job, Job 34:5, will not--cannot.”

“Yea, surely God will not do wickedly - So important does Elihu hold this principle to be, that he repeats it, and dwells upon it. He says, “it surely (אמנם 'omnâm) must be so.” The principle must be held at all hazards, and no opinion which contravenes this should be indulged for one moment. His ground of complaint against Job was, that he had not held fast to this principle, but, under the pressure of his sufferings, had indulged in remarks which implied that God might do wrong. Neither will the Almighty pervert judgment - As Elihu supposed Job to have maintained; see Job 34:5. To “pervert judgment” is to do injustice; to place injustice in the place of right. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Pervert - As Job hath affirmed. Job 34:13”

“surely: Psa 11:7, Psa 145:17; Hab 1:12, Hab 1:13 pervert: Job 8:3 Job 34:13”

“12 Yea verily God acteth not wickedly, And the Almighty perverteth not the right. 13 Who hath given the earth in charge to Him? And who hath disposed the whole globe? 14 If He only set His heart upon Himself, If He took back His breath and His inspiration to Himself: 15 All flesh would expire together, And man would return to dust. With אף אמנם (Yea verily, as Job 19:4, "and really") the counter-assertion of Job 34:11 is repeated, but negatively expressed (comp. Job 8:3). הרשׁיע signifies sometimes to act as רשׁע, and at others to be set forth and condemned as a רשׁע; here, as the connection requires, it is the former. Job 34:13 begins the proof. Ewald's interpretation: who searcheth, and…”