Job 9:23
When the scourge bringeth sudden destruction, He laugheth at the sufferings of the innocent.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
In Context
22It is all one; therefore I will affirm, He destroyeth the righteous and the wicked alike.
Cross References
Job 1:13Now on a certain day the sons and daughters of Job were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
Job 4:7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? Or where have the righteous been cut off?
Job 24:12From anguish the dying groan, And the wounded cry aloud; And God regardeth not their prayer!
Ezekiel 14:19Or when I send a pestilence upon that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast,
Hebrews 11:36and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, and also of bonds and imprisonment;
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 →