Job 9:24
Is a land given up into the hand of the wicked? he covereth the faces of its judges: if this be not the truth, who is it then?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
23If a scourge should slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the guiltless.
25And my days pass swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no happiness,
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:4(19:5) But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Abshalom, O Abshalom, my son, my son!
Esther 7:8And when the king returned out of the palace-garden into the apartment of the banquet of wine, Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was: then said the king. Will he even do violence to the queen before me in the house? The word had just come out of the king's mouth, when they covered Haman's face.
Job 12:6Prosperous are the tents of robbers, and security is given to those that provoke God. to him who carrieth his god in his hand.
Job 16:11God hath surrendered me to the unjust, and cast me down into the hands of the wicked.
Job 24:25But if it be not so, who will prove me a liar, and render nought my word?
Psalms 17:14From these men—thy hand—O Lord, from the men of this world, whose portion is in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hidden treasure: they have children in plenty, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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 →