Job 9:23

If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.

24The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:15And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.

Job 1:13And there was a day when his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their oldest brother,

Job 4:7Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

Job 24:12From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

Ezekiel 14:19Or if I send disease into that land, letting loose my wrath on it in blood, cutting off from it man and beast:

Hebrews 11:36And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

Matthew Henry on Job 9:23-25

22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 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? Here Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute between him and his friends. They maintained that those who are righteous and good always prosper in this world, and none but the wicked are in misery and distress; he… Read the whole commentary →

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