Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
23If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.
25My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:4And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son.
Esther 7:8And when the king came back out of the garden set with trees, and entered into the place of the banquet, he found Aman was fallen upon the bed on which Esther lay, and he said: He will force the queen also in my presence, in my own house. The word was not yet gone out of the king's mouth, and immediately they covered his face.
Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:
Job 16:11They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.
Job 24:25And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?
Psalms 17:14from the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
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 →