NET Bible
"If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent."
— Job 9:23, NET Bible
“If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.”
“If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent. ”
“If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.”
“If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.”
“If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.”
“If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.”
Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.
I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.
Accusation of God’s Justice“It is all one! That is why I say,‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’
If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.
If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man, he covers the faces of its judges; if it is not he, then who is it?
Renewed Complaint“My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.
They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.