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Job 9:22

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Accusation of God’s Justice

9:22“It is all one!65 That is why I say,66

‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’

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Footnotes

  1. 65 The omits the phrase “It is all one.” Modern scholars either omit it or transpose it for clarity. The expression “it is one” means that God’s dealings with people is undiscriminating. The number “one” could also be taken to mean “the same”—“it is all the same.” The implication is that it does not matter if Job is good or evil, if he lives or dies. This is the conclusion of the preceding section.
  2. 66 The relationships of these clauses is in some question. Some think that the poet has inverted the first two, and so they should read, “That is why I have said: ‘It is all one.’ ” Others would take the third clause to be what was said.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It is all one; therefore I say,

‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It is all the same; that is why I say,

‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It is all the same. Therefore I say,

“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”

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.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It is all one; therefore I say,

‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

KJV 1900King James Version

This is one thing, therefore I said it,

He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.