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22 It is all one; therefore I say,
    he destroys both the blameless and the wicked.
23 When disaster brings sudden death,
    he mocks at the calamity[a] of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
    he covers the eyes of its judges—
    if it is not he, who then is it?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:23 Meaning of Heb uncertain

22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(A)
23 When a scourge(B) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.(C)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(D)
    he blindfolds its judges.(E)
    If it is not he, then who is it?(F)

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