Job 9:22
It is all one thing. Therefore I say, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
In Context
21Though I were perfect, I do not regard myself. I despise my life.
23If the scourge kills suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Cross References
Job 10:8Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about, yet thou destroy me.
Ecclesiastes 9:1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No man understands, either love or hatred. All is before them.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
Ezekiel 21:9Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says LORD: Say, A sword, a sword. It is sharpened, and also furbished.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:15-22
14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall… Read the whole commentary →