Job 9:24
The 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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In Context
23If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.
25My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:4But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Esther 7:8Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.
Job 12:6There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.
Job 16:11God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.
Job 24:25And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?
Psalms 17:14With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
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 →