New English Translation
Job 9:22
22“It is all one! That is why I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’
Job 9:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
- New International Version (NIV)It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is all one; therefore I say, 'He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is all one thing; Therefore I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’
Context of Job 9:22
20Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse. 21I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life. “It is all one! That is why I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’ 23If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent. 24If 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?
Read all of Job 9Job 9:22 word by word
אַחַ֗ת הִ֥יא עַל־כֵּ֥ן אָמַ֑רְתִּי תָּ֥ם וְ֝רָשָׁ֗ע ה֣וּא מְכַלֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 9:22
- Ecclesiastes 9:1So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated – no one knows what lies ahead.
- Ezekiel 21:3and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look, I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
- Luke 13:2He answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?
Commentaries on Job 9:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22This is one thing - My own observation shows, that in the course of providence the righteous and the wicked have an equal lot; for when any sudden calamity comes, the innocent and the guilty fall alike. There may be a few exceptions, but they are very extraordinary, and very rare.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22This is one thing, therefore I said it - This may mean, “it is all the same thing. It makes no difference whether a man be righteous or wicked. God treats them substantially alike; he has one and the same rule on the subject. Nothing can be argued certainly about the character of a man from the divine dealings with him here.” This was the point in dispute, this the position that Job maintained - that God did not deal with people here in strict accordance…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-24Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case. It includes: A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32). The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20). A "mediator" (9:33–34). A question of accusation (9:12). A legal sentence (9:22). A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. one thing--"It is all one; whether perfect or wicked--He destroyeth." This was the point Job maintained against his friends, that the righteous and wicked alike are afflicted, and that great sufferings here do not prove great guilt (Lu 13:1-5; Ec 9:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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