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21 Although I am blameless, I cannot evaluate[a] myself.
I reject my own life.

22 Here is why I say, “It makes no difference.”
Blameless or wicked, he brings them all to the same end.
23 If a whip suddenly kills people,
he makes fun of[b] the despair of the innocent.
24 When a land is handed over to a wicked man,
God blinds the eyes of its judges.
If he is not the one, then who does it?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:21 Literally know
  2. Job 9:23 Or makes light of

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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