Job 9:23
21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
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?
25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
- KJV
- If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
- WEB
- If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
- ASV
- If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
- DARBY
- If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
- BLB
- If the whip kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
- ÅB
- Når svepen brått rammer med død, spotter han de uskyldiges lidelse.
- OTB
- Hvis en svøpe bringer plutselig død,
håner Han de uskyldiges fortvilelse. - B1930
- Når svepen brått rammer med død, spotter han de uskyldiges lidelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 24:12
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
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Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
Read in contextEzekiel 14:19–21
Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
Read in contextJob 8:20
Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
Read in contextJob 2:7
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
Read in contextPsalms 44:22
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Read in contextJob 1:13–19
One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
Read in context2 Samuel 14:15
Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
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