Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covereth the face of the judges thereof; If it be not He, who is it?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23When the scourge bringeth sudden destruction, He laugheth at the sufferings of the innocent.
25My days have been swifter than a courier; They have fled away; they have seen no good.
Cross References
Job 12:6The tents of robbers are in prosperity, And they who provoke God are secure, Who carry their God in their hand.
Job 16:11God hath given me a prey to the unrighteous, And delivered me into the hands of the wicked.
Job 24:25If it be not so, who will confute me, And show my discourse to be worthless?
Psalms 17:14From men, by thy hand, O LORD! from men of the world, Whose portion is in life; whom thou loadest with thy treasure; Whose children have enough, and leave their superfluity to their children.
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 →