Job 9:23
When disaster strikes suddenly he mocks the despair of the innocent.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
In Context
22That's why I say, ‘It makes no difference to God. He destroys both the innocent and the wicked.’
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:15That's why I've come to explain this to Your Majesty, because someone has frightened me. So I thought to myself, I will go and speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant my request.
Job 1:13The day came when while Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
Job 4:7Think about it: since when did the innocent die? Since when were good people destroyed?
Job 24:12In the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry for help, but God ignores their prayers.
Ezekiel 14:19I could send a disease on that country and because of my anger I would kill many, both people and animals.
Hebrews 11:36Yet others suffered insults and whippings; they were put in chains and imprisoned.
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 →