Job 9:24
The earth, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then who is it?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
23If, a scourge, slay suddenly, at the despair of innocent ones, he mocketh.
25My days, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have seen no good.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:4But, the king, muffled his face, and the king made outcry, with a loud voice,—O my son Absolom, O Absolom, my son, my son!
Esther 7:8When, the king, returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, Haman, was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he, even dare to force the queen, while I am in the house? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king, than, the face of Haman, they had covered.
Job 12:6At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.
Job 16:11GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong.
Job 24:25But, if not, who then can convict me of falsehood? or make of no account my words?
Psalms 17:14From men [who are] thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom,—They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance 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 →