Job 9:22
It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
In Context
21I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
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 make clear 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 21:9(21-14) 'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the LORD: 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 →