Job 9:24
Earth has been given || Into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of her judges, || If not—where, who [is] he?
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In Context
23If a scourge puts to death suddenly, He laughs at the trial of the innocent.
25My days have been swifter than a runner, || They have fled, they have not seen good,
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:4and the king has covered his face, indeed, the king cries [with] a loud voice, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
Esther 7:8And the king has turned back out of the garden of the house to the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther [is], and the king says, “Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?” The word has gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.
Job 12:6The tents of spoilers are at peace, || And those provoking God have confidence, || Into whose hand God has brought.
Job 16:11God shuts me up to the perverse, || And turns me over to the hands of the wicked.
Job 24:25And if not now, who proves me a liar, || And makes my word of nothing?”
Psalms 17:14From men, Your hand, O YHWH, || From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, || And [with] Your hidden things You fill their belly, || They are satisfied [with] sons, || And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
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 →