Job 9:22
20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
- KJV
- This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
- WEB
- “It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
- ASV
- It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
- DARBY
- It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
- BLB
- It [is] one [thing]! [And] upon thus I say, ‘The blameless and the wicked He brings to an end.’
- ÅB
- Det kommer ut på ett; derfor sier jeg: Skyldløs eller ugudelig - han gjør dem begge til intet.
- OTB
- Det er alt det samme; derfor sier jeg,
'Han ødelegger både de skyldfrie og de onde.' - B1930
- Det kommer ut på ett; derfor sier jeg: Skyldløs eller ugudelig - han gjør dem begge til intet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 9:1–3
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
Read in contextJob 10:8
Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
Read in contextEzekiel 21:3–4
and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
Read in contextLuke 13:2–4
To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate?
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