Job 9:24
“The earth is giuen into the hand of the wicked: he couereth the faces of the Iudges thereof; if not, where, and who is hee?”
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Job 9:24 Context
22This is one thing, therefore I said it; he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23If the scourge slay suddenly, hee will laugh at the triall of the innocent. 24The earth is giuen into the hand of the wicked: he couereth the faces of the Iudges thereof; if not, where, and who is hee? 25Now my dayes are swifter then a Poste: they flee away, they see no good. 26They are passed away as the ships: as the Eagle that hasteth to the pray.
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Other Translations for Job 9:24
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?
- King James Version
"The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If {it is} not {He,} then who is it?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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?
- American Standard Version (1901)
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?
- Basic English Bible
The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?
- Darby Bible
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of its judges; if not, where, and who is he?
- Webster's Bible
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
- World English Bible
Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not -- where, who [is] he?
- Youngs Literal Bible
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?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 9:24
9:24 The earth - The dominion over it. Into - Into their power. As good men are frequently scourged, so the wicked are advanced. Faces - Meantime he covers the faces of wise and good men, fit to be judges, and buries them alive in obscurity, perhaps suffers them to be condemned, and their faces covered as criminals, by those to whom the earth is given. This is daily done: if it be not God that doth it, where and who is he that doth?