Job 9:22
“It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
World English Bible Catholic
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. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.
23If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Cross References
Job 10:8“‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.
Ecclesiastes 9:1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Ezekiel 21:9“Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The LORD says: “A sword! A sword! It is sharpened, and also polished.
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 →