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Job 9:23

Justice

21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

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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.

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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

    Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

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  • Hebrews 11:36–37

    And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

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  • Ezekiel 14:19–21

    Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

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  • Job 8:20

    Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

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  • Job 2:7

    So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

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  • Psalms 44:22

    Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

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  • Job 1:13–19

    And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:

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  • 2 Samuel 14:15

    Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

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