Job 9:22
It is all one; therefore I will affirm, He destroyeth the righteous and the wicked alike.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
In Context
21Though I were innocent, I would not care for myself; I would despise my life.
23When the scourge bringeth sudden destruction, He laugheth at the sufferings of the innocent.
Cross References
Job 10:8Have thy hands completely fashioned and made me In every part, that thou mightst destroy me?
Ecclesiastes 9:1For I gave my mind to all this, even to search out all this, that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God, and yet neither his love nor hatred doth any man know. All is before them.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil among all things which take place under the sun, that there is one event to all; therefore also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and afterward they go down to the dead.
Ezekiel 21:9Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, The sword, the sword is sharpened and furbished.
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 →