Job 9:24
Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not — where, who [is] he?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
23If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.
25My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:4and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth — a loud voice — 'My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.'
Esther 7:8And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther [is], and the king saith, 'Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?' the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.
Job 12:6At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.
Job 16:11God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.
Job 24:25And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?
Psalms 17:14From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
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 →