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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”

21 I’m blameless, yet don’t know myself;
    I reject my life.
22 It’s all the same;
    therefore, I say God destroys the blameless and the sinners.
23 If calamity suddenly kills,
    he mocks at the slaying[a] of innocents.
24 The earth is handed over to the wicked;
    he covers the faces of its judges.
    If not God, then who does?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:23 Heb uncertain