Job 9:21-24

New International Version

²¹“Although I am blameless,^(A)
    I have no concern for myself;^(B)
    I despise my own life.^(C)
²²It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’^(D)
²³When a scourge^(E) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.^(F)
²⁴When 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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Job 9:21-24

English Standard Version

²¹I am ^(A)blameless; I regard not myself;
    I ^(B)loathe my life.
²²It is all one; therefore I say,
    ‘He ^(C)destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
²³When ^(D)disaster brings sudden death,
    he mocks at the calamity^[a] of the innocent.
²⁴^(E)The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
    he ^(F)covers the faces of its judges—
    ^(G)if it is not he, who then is it?