Job 9:23 · KJV
“If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.”
— Job 9:23
This {is} one {thing}, therefore I said {it}, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, {and} who {is} he?
Job 9 — Context
{Though} I {were} perfect, {yet} would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22This {is} one {thing}, therefore I said {it}, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, {and} who {is} he?
25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Cross References
Job 24:12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly {to them}.
Job 8:20
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect {man}, neither will he help the evil doers: {help...: Heb. take the ungodly by the hand} {come: Heb. shall not be}
Job 4:7
Remember, I pray thee, who {ever} perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
2 Samuel 14:15
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, {it is} because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
Psalms 44:22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Job 2:7
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Job 1:13-19
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters {were} eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
2 Samuel 14:17
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so {is} my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. {comfortable: Heb. for rest} {to discern: Heb. to hear}