Job 9:22
Therefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
In Context
21For even if I have sinned, I know it not in my soul: but my life is taken away.
23For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.
Cross References
Job 10:8Your hands have formed me and made me; afterwards you did change your mind, and strike me.
Ecclesiastes 9:1I saw that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yes, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, though all are before their face.
Ecclesiastes 9:3There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after that they go to the dead.
Ezekiel 21:9Son of man, prophesy, and you shall say, Thus says the Lord; Say, Sword, sword, be sharpened and rage,
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 →