Job 9:22–24
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Since either way it ends up the same, I can only conclude
that God destroys the good right along with the bad.
When calamity hits and brings sudden death,
he folds his arms, aloof from the despair of the innocent.
He lets the wicked take over running the world,
he installs judges who can’t tell right from wrong.
If he’s not responsible, who is?
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
When disaster brings sudden death,
he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he covers the faces of its judges—
if it is not he, who then is it?
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
It is all the same; that is why I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
When a scourge brings sudden death,
he mocks the despair of the innocent.
When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,
he blindfolds its judges.
If it is not he, then who is it?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
It is all the same. Therefore I say,
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”
When catastrophe brings sudden death,
he mocks the despair of the innocent.
The earth is handed over to the wicked;
he blindfolds its judges.
If it isn’t he, then who is it?
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Innocent or wicked, it is all the same to God.
That’s why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
When a plague sweeps through,
he laughs at the death of the innocent.
The whole earth is in the hands of the wicked,
and God blinds the eyes of the judges.
If he’s not the one who does it, who is?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
When the whip kills suddenly,
he mocks at the despair of the innocent.
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he covers the face of its judge—
if it is not he, then who is it?
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
This is one thing, therefore I said it,
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
If the scourge slay suddenly,
He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
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?
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