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21 [a]I am perfect; I regard not myself;
I despise my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23 If the scourge slay suddenly,
He will mock at the [b]trial of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
He covereth the faces of the judges thereof:
If it be not he, who then is it?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:21 Or, Though I be perfect, I will not regard etc.
  2. Job 9:23 Or, calamity

21 “Although I am blameless,(A)
    I have no concern for myself;(B)
    I despise my own life.(C)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(D)
23 When a scourge(E) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.(F)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(G)
    he blindfolds its judges.(H)
    If it is not he, then who is it?(I)

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