23 If the scourge should suddenly [a]slay, should God [b]laugh at the punishment of the innocent?

24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: [c]he covereth the faces of the judges thereof: if not, where [d]is he? or who is he?

25 My days have been more swift than a post: they have fled, and have seen no good thing.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:23 To wit, the wicked.
  2. Job 9:23 This is spoken according to our apprehension, as though he would say, If God destroy but the wicked, as Job 5:3, why should he suffer the innocent to be so long tormented by them?
  3. Job 9:24 That they cannot see to do justice.
  4. Job 9:24 That can show the contrary?

23 When a scourge(A) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.(B)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(C)
    he blindfolds its judges.(D)
    If it is not he, then who is it?(E)

25 “My days are swifter than a runner;(F)
    they fly away without a glimpse of joy.(G)

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