21 Though I am blameless,
I no longer care about myself;
I renounce my life.(A)
22 It is all the same. Therefore I say,
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”(B)
23 When disaster brings sudden death,
He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth[a] is handed over to the wicked;
He blindfolds[b] its judges.(C)
If it isn’t He, then who is it?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:24 Or land
  2. Job 9:24 Lit covers the faces of

21 “I am blameless; I do not care about myself;[a]
I loathe my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When the whip[b] kills suddenly,
he mocks at the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he covers the face of its judge—
if it is not he, then who is it?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:21 Perhaps the meaning is “but it makes no difference to me” (NLT)
  2. Job 9:23 Or “scourge”