Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
He mocks the despair of the innocent.
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
International Standard Version
If a calamity causes sudden death, he'll mock at the despair of the innocent.
A Conservative Version
If the scourge kills suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
American Standard Version
If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Amplified
“When [His] scourge kills suddenly,
He mocks at the despair of the innocent.
Bible in Basic English
If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.
Darby Translation
If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
Julia Smith Translation
If the scourge shall fall suddenly, he will deride at the trial of the innocent
King James 2000
If the scourge slays suddenly, he will laugh at the plight of the innocent.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When the whip kills suddenly, he mocks at [the] despair of [the] innocent.
Modern King James verseion
If the whip kills suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the innocent.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And though he slay suddenly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent.
NET Bible
If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.
New Heart English Bible
If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
The Emphasized Bible
If, a scourge, slay suddenly, at the despair of innocent ones, he mocketh.
Webster
If the scourge shall slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
World English Bible
If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Youngs Literal Translation
If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.
Themes
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
22
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”
He mocks the despair of the innocent.
He blindfolds
If it isn’t He, then who is it?
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:15
“Now therefore, I’ve come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought: I must speak to the king. Perhaps the king will grant his servant’s request.
2 Samuel 14:17
Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the Angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you.”
Job 1:13-19
One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
Job 2:7
So Satan left the Lord’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.
Job 4:7
Where have the honest been destroyed?
Job 8:20
and He will not support evildoers.
Job 24:12
the mortally wounded cry for help,
yet God pays no attention to this crime.
Psalm 44:22
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
Ezekiel 14:19-21
“Or if I send a plague into that land
Ezekiel 21:13
And what if the sword despises even the scepter?
The scepter will not continue.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Hebrews 11:36-37
and others experienced mockings and scourgings, as well as bonds and imprisonment.