Job 9:22
It makes no difference, which is why I say 1 that he destroys blameless people and wicked people together. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
In Context
21I am blameless, but I do not care any more about myself; 1 I despise my own life. 1
23When a whip suddenly kills, 1 he mocks the despair of the innocent. 1
Cross References
Job 10:8Your hands have framed and fashioned me 1 together round about, yet you are destroying me. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:1For I thought about all this in my mind to understand about the righteous and wise people and their deeds. They are all in God's hands. No one knows whether love or hate will come to someone. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:3There is an evil fate for everything that is done under the sun, the same event happens to them all. The hearts of human beings are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live. So after that they go to the dead.
Ezekiel 21:9“Son of man, prophesy and say, 'The Lord says this: 1 “Say: A sword! A sword! It will be sharpened and polished! 1
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 →