Job 9:22
This is one thing; therefore I said it, 1 He destroyeth the tam (blameless) and the rasha (wicked). 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 blameless, 1 yet would I not know my nefesh; 1 I would despise my life. 1
Cross References
Job 10:8Thine yadayim have formed me and altogether round about have fashioned me; 1 yet Thou hast now swallowed me. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:1All this I took to my lev, explaining it all, that the tzaddikim, and the chachamim, and their works, are in the yad HaElohim; adam does not have da'as of whether it will be ahavah or sinah; all lies before him.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is a rah among all things that are done under the shemesh, that there is one mikreh (fortune) unto all; yea, also the lev of the bnei haAdam is full of rah, and holelot (madness) is in their lev while they live, and after that they go to the mesim.
Ezekiel 21:9Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the tzaddik and the rasha, therefore shall My cherev go forth out of its sheath against kol basar from the Negev to the tzafon (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 →