Job 9:24

Translations

Modern

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

Traditional

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?

Literal

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges—If not, then who is it?

Latin

Terra data est in manus impii; vultum judicum ejus operit. Quod si non ille est, quis ergo est?

Original

Hebrew

English

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

Notes

Job 9:1–35

Job 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).

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Job 10:3
Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
Jeremiah 12:1–2
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Psalm 73:3–7
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
2 Samuel 15:30
But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
Job 21:7–15
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Job 12:17
He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
Psalm 17:14
…from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
Esther 6:12
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
2 Samuel 19:4
But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
Habakkuk 1:14–17
You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
Esther 7:8
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
Job 16:11
God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

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Job 9:24

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