Job 9:22
Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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: 1 But my life is taken away. 1
23For the worthless die, 1 But the righteous are laughed to scorn. 1
Cross References
Job 10:8Thy hands have formed me and made me; 1 Afterward thou didst change thy mind, and smite me. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:1I saw that the righteous, and the wise, 1 And their works, are in the hand of God: 1 Yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, 1 Though all are before their face. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:3There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, 1 That there is one event to all: 1 Yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, 1 And madness is in their heart during their life, 1 And after that they go to the dead. 1
Ezekiel 21:9Because I will destroy out of thee the unrighteous and the transgressor, therefore so shall my sword come forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
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 →