Job 9:24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?

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WEBBE

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?

BSB

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

KJV

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?

ASV

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If [it be] not [he], who then is it?

BBE

The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

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אֶרֶץ 'e·retz a land H776 נִתְּנָה ni·te·nah it has been given H5414 בְיַד־ ve·yad- in [the] hand of H3027 רָשָׁע ra·sha' a wicked [person] H7563 פְּנֵי־ pe·nei- [the] face of H6440 שֹׁפְטֶיהָ sho·fe·tei·ha judges its H8199 יְכַסֶּה ye·kha·seh he covers H3680 אִם־ 'im- if H518 לֹא lo' not H3808 אֵפוֹא 'e·fo' then H645 מִי־ mi- who H4310 הוּא hu' [is] it H1931

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 22–24

Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute. His friends maintained that those who are righteous and good, always prosper in this world, and that none but the wicked are in misery and distress: he said, on the contrary, that it is a common thing for the wicked to prosper, and the righteous to be greatly afflicted. Yet there is too much passion in what Job here says, for God doth not afflict willingly. When the spirit is heated with dispute or with discontent, we have need to set a watch before our lips.

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