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Job 9:22-24
King James Version
Job 9:22-24
King James Version
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?
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Job 9:22-24
English Standard Version
Job 9:22-24
English Standard Version
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He (A)destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When (B)disaster brings sudden death,
he mocks at the calamity[a] of the innocent.
24 (C)The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he (D)covers the faces of its judges—
(E)if it is not he, who then is it?
Footnotes
- Job 9:23 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
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