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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21 “I’m blameless;
    I don’t know myself;
        I despise my life.
22 I say it’s all the same—
    he destroys both the blameless and the guilty.[a]
23 If a calamity[b] causes sudden death,
    he’ll mock at the despair of the innocent.
24 A land is given into the hands of a wicked person;[c]
    he covers the faces of its judges.
        If it is not God,[d] then who is it?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:22 Or wicked
  2. Job 9:23 Or scourge
  3. Job 9:24 Lit. man
  4. Job 9:24 Lit. he