Job 9:24

For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous man: 1 He covers the faces of the judges of the earth: 1 But if it be not he, who is it? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

23For the worthless die, 1 But the righteous are laughed to scorn. 1

25But my life is swifter than a post: 1 My days have fled away, and they knew it not. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 19:4And the people stole away that day to go into the city, as people steal away when they are ashamed as they flee in the battle.

Job 12:6Even as many as provoke the Lord, 1 As if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them. 1

Job 16:11For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, 1 And thrown me upon the ungodly. 1

Job 24:25But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, 1 And will make my words of no account?

Psalms 17:14The Lord also thundered from heaven, 1 And the Highest uttered his voice. 1

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 →

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