Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
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In Context
23If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
25“Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:4The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”
Esther 7:8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
Job 16:11God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
Job 24:25If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”
Psalms 17:14from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for 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 →