Job 9:24
Since the earth has been given into the hand of the impious, he covers the face of its judges; for if it is not him, then who is it?
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In Context
23If he scourges, let him kill all at once, and not laugh at the punishment of the innocent.
25My days have been swifter than a messenger; they have fled and have not seen goodness.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:4And the king covered his head, and he was crying out in a great voice: “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
Esther 7:8When the king returned from the arboretum of the garden and entered into the place of the feast, he found Haman collapsed on the couch on which Esther lay, and he said, “And now he wishes to oppress the queen, in my presence, in my house!” The word had not yet gone out of the king’s mouth, and immediately they covered his face.
Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers are numerous, and they provoke God boldly; whereas, it is he who has given all things into their hands.
Job 16:11They have opened their mouths against me, and, reproaching me, they have struck me on the cheek; they are nourished by my sufferings.
Job 24:25But, if this is not so, who is able to prove to me that I have lied and to place my words before God?
Psalms 17:14And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
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 →