Job 9:22
It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
In Context
21I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Cross References
Job 10:8Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost 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; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto 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 saith Jehovah: 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 →